Golden-bellied Gerygone

Golden-bellied Gerygone

Gerygone sulphurea

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Makassar

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

16 Verified sightings at Makassar
585 In all 11 parks From 2019 to 2026
August 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 Makassar?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-bellied Gerygone sighting in Makassar on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 29th most-seen of the 66 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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 Makassar the best place to see a Golden-bellied Gerygone?

7th of 12

Of the 12 cities where we can rate Golden-bellied Gerygone sightings, Makassar ranks 7th at about 20%. The best odds are in Manila (Philippines, about 70%), Jakarta (Indonesia, about 50%) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Golden-bellied Gerygone live in Makassar?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Golden-bellied Gerygone that you can see in Makassar (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 60%), Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 50%) and Pacific Swallow (about 50%), 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 Makassar (16 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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