Merops breweri
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The black-headed bee-eater (Merops breweri) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. It is found in forests in tropical Central and West Africa, its range including Angola, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Sudan. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Bee-eater sighting in Odzala-Kokoua National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 35th most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed Bee-eater 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 Odzala-Kokoua National Park, in our data
Odzala-Kokoua National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-headed Bee-eater sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Merops
The closest relatives of the Black-headed Bee-eater that you can see in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (genus Merops, Typical Bee-eaters) are Blue-breasted Bee-eater (about 30%) and Black Bee-eater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Bee-eater is recorded against all the birds logged in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (18 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.
