Hyliota violacea
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The violet-backed hyliota (Hyliota violacea) is a species of Hyliota. It is sparsely spread across the African tropical rainforest. It is 13 cm long. Females have orange chests. Wikipedia →
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Ghana · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-backed Hyliota sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 213th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-backed Hyliota in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-backed Hyliota sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nyungwe National Park, in our data
Nyungwe National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Violet-backed Hyliota sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Violet-backed Hyliota that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Chubb's Cisticola (about 70%), Common Bulbul (about 60%) and Green White-eye (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-backed Hyliota is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
