Anthreptes gabonicus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The mangrove sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus) or mouse-brown sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Its range covers areas near the Gulf of Guinea (on either side of the Dahomey Gap), from Senegal to northwestern Angola.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monrovia | 🇱🇷 Liberia | |
| 2 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 3 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mouse-brown Sunbird sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 74 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mouse-brown Sunbird 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 Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mouse-brown Sunbird sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Mouse-brown Sunbird that you can see in Taï National Park (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Collared Sunbird (about 20%) and Olive Sunbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mouse-brown Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Taï National Park (7 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.
