Coeligena iris
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The rainbow starfrontlet (Coeligena iris) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The rainbow starfrontlet is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long. Males weigh 6.7 to 8.8 g (0.24 to 0.31 oz) and females 6 to 8.1 g (0.21 to 0.29 oz). Both sexes have a long, straight, black bill, with the female's being somewhat longer than the male's. Both sexes have a white spot behind the eye. Both sexes also have a forked tail, but the male's is more deeply indented than the female's. The subspecies differ significantly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Starfrontlet sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 84 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 446 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July–August and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Starfrontlet in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rainbow Starfrontlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Podocarpus National Park, in our data
Podocarpus National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rainbow Starfrontlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rainbow Starfrontlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Podocarpus National Park (84 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.
