Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Where to see

Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Hypogramma hypogrammicum

Khao Luang National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Purple-naped Spiderhunter during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

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1 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~40%
2 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
3 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Purple-naped Spiderhunter?

Khao Luang National Park

In Khao Luang National Park, Thailand, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-naped Spiderhunter sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Purple-naped Spiderhunter?

Taman Negara National Park and more

After Khao Luang National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Purple-naped Spiderhunter are in Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 30%), Sepilok (Malaysia, about 30%) and Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Purple-naped Spiderhunter?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March–May, August and October in Khao Luang National Park (about 50%), January, March and August in Taman Negara National Park (about 40%) and July and December in Sepilok (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Purple-naped Spiderhunter on a given day. Each park's Purple-naped Spiderhunter page has the full month-by-month chart.