Rufous-faced Warbler

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Chongqing

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

28 Verified sightings at Chongqing
1,413 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Rufous-faced Warbler

The rufous-faced warbler (Abroscopus albogularis) is a species of the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It often participates in inter-species flocks, especially with leaf warblers. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:24

China · 2026

© Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 · XC1175038 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:12

China · 2025

© Dave Guo · XC1148134 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:22

China · 2026

© Albert Lastukhin · XC1138482 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~20%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~70%
2 Chongqing 🇨🇳 China
~30%
3 Hefei 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
~10%
5 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
6 Nanchang 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Wuhan 🇨🇳 China
~10%
8 Changsha 🇨🇳 China
~10%
9 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
10 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous-faced Warbler in Chongqing?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-faced Warbler sighting in Chongqing on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 65 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-faced Warbler in Chongqing?

January to April

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-faced Warbler in Chongqing on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month. Those are among Chongqing's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in June. September has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Rufous-faced Warbler?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-faced Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Chongqing the best place to see a Rufous-faced Warbler?

2nd of 12

Of the 12 cities where we can rate Rufous-faced Warbler sightings, Chongqing ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 70%).

Where does the Rufous-faced Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rufous-faced Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Chongqing (28 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.

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