Stachyridopsis ruficeps
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-capped Babbler sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 58th most-seen of the 204 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-capped Babbler in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in June.
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.
11th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Rufous-capped Babbler sightings, Hong Kong ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 60%), Chongqing (China, about 30%) and Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Hong Kong (121 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.
