Cyanomitra alinae
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The blue-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird sighting in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-headed Sunbird in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and October–December, the lowest months. Those are among Volcanoes National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in April.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-headed Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-headed Sunbird sightings, Volcanoes National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 30%), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-headed Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Volcanoes National Park (32 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.
