Gray-faced Tit-Babbler

Gray-faced Tit-Babbler

Macronus kelleyi

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Cat Tien National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

480 Verified sightings at Cat Tien National Park From 2019 to 2026
480 In 1 park
March Best month

About the Gray-faced Tit-Babbler

The grey-faced tit-babbler (Mixornis kelleyi) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Kelley-Roosevelts Asiatic Expedition

Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Vietnam · 2013

© Patrik Åberg · XC126379 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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Laos · 2024

© Bram Piot · XC915506 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Vietnam · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1148508 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gray-faced Tit-Babbler in Cat Tien National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-faced Tit-Babbler sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 480 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gray-faced Tit-Babbler in Cat Tien National Park?

January and March

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-faced Tit-Babbler in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in July.

Where else can you see a Gray-faced Tit-Babbler?

Only Cat Tien National Park, in our data

Cat Tien National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-faced Tit-Babbler sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Gray-faced Tit-Babbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gray-faced Tit-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (480 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.

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