Copsychus mindanensis
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Philippine magpie-robin (Copsychus mindanensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It was formerly a subspecies of Oriental magpie-robin but was designated as its own species.
It has a wide range of habitat including open forest, second growth, cultivated areas, gardens and agricultural areas up to 1,000 meters above sea level. The Philippine magpie-robin was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Turdus mindanensis in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The Philippine magpie-robin is now one of 12 species placed in the genus Copsychus that was introduced by the German... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracy Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Philippine Magpie-Robin sighting in Cebu City on a given day, based on 129 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and August
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Philippine Magpie-Robin in Cebu City on a given day, against about 30% in December, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Philippine Magpie-Robin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Philippine Magpie-Robin sightings, Cebu City has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Manila (Philippines, about 10%) and Davao City (Philippines, about 10%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Philippine Magpie-Robin that you can see in Cebu City (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Pied Bushchat (about 20%) and Gray-streaked Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Philippine Magpie-Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Cebu City (129 verified sightings), 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.
