Stachyridopsis ruficeps
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. It inhabits temperate forest with dense bushes or bamboo and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
It is pale olive with a bright rufous crown and nape, measures 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7–12 g (0.25–0.42 oz). Stachyris ruficeps was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847 for an olive-coloured babbler with a ferruginous crown and a white throat collected in Darjeeling.
It was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis. BirdLife International (2019). "Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-capped Babbler sighting in Guiyang on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 79 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.
November
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-capped Babbler in Guiyang on a given day, against about 40% in January and August, the lowest months. That is one of Guiyang's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 230 mm in June. February has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-capped Babbler 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 Rufous-capped Babbler sightings, Guiyang has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Chongqing (China, about 30%) and Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%).
Same family: Timaliidae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-capped Babbler that you can see in Guiyang (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler (about 20%) and Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Guiyang (47 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.
