Golden-bellied Gerygone

Golden-bellied Gerygone

Gerygone sulphurea

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Ho Chi Minh City

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

95 Verified sightings at Ho Chi Minh City
585 In all 11 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Golden-bellied Gerygone

The golden-bellied gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:10

Vietnam · 2026

© Tim Dinh / Annambirding · XC1157498 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:16

Myanmar · 2026

© Thet Zaw Naing · XC1078190 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:44

Malaysia · 2023

© Lim Ying Hien · XC832857 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
3 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
4 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
5 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
6 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
7 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
8 Komodo National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
9 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
10 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
11 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~70%
2 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~50%
3 Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
4 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
5 Angeles 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
6 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
~20%
7 Makassar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
8 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
9 Cebu City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~10%
10 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Golden-bellied Gerygone in Ho Chi Minh City?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-bellied Gerygone sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 103 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 Golden-bellied Gerygone in Ho Chi Minh City?

May

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-bellied Gerygone in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against about 10% in December, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Golden-bellied Gerygone?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-bellied Gerygone 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 Ho Chi Minh City the best place to see a Golden-bellied Gerygone?

3rd of 12

Of the 12 cities where we can rate Golden-bellied Gerygone sightings, Ho Chi Minh City ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Manila (Philippines, about 70%) and Jakarta (Indonesia, about 50%).

Which relatives of the Golden-bellied Gerygone live in Ho Chi Minh City?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Golden-bellied Gerygone that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 90%), Ayeyarwady Bulbul (about 70%) and House Sparrow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Golden-bellied Gerygone sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Golden-bellied Gerygone is recorded against all the birds logged in Ho Chi Minh City (95 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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