Lalage nigra
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days >90%
The pied triller (Lalage nigra) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description and an illustration of the pied triller in the second volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen that had been collected in the East Indies. He used the French name Le Merle des Indes and the Latin name Merula Indica. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. In a section of a book by Johann Reinhold Forster published in 1781 the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant coined the binomial name Turdus niger for the pied triller and cited Brisson's work. In 1922 the type location was restricted to Singapore by the American zoologist Outram Bangs. The pied triller is now one of 20 species placed in the genus Lalage that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Bandar Lampung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Semarang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Angeles | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 9 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Triller sighting in Cebu City on a given day, based on 177 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June, September and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Triller in Cebu City on a given day, against about 60% in July, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Triller 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 13 cities where we can rate Pied Triller sightings, Cebu City has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Davao City (Philippines, about 50%) and Bandar Lampung (Indonesia, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Pied Triller that you can see in Cebu City (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Philippine Pied-Fantail (about 90%), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 80%) and Asian Glossy Starling (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Triller is recorded against all the birds logged in Cebu City (177 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.
