Phylloscopus coronatus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It inhabits boreal and temperate forests in the east Palearctic. The eastern crowned warbler is a medium-sized, rather robust and brightly coloured leaf warbler. It is dark olive-green above and white below with a strong head pattern of dark, grey lateral crown stripes with an indistinct yellowish median crown stripe. It also has a long yellowish-white supercilium with a dark stripe through the eye and dark lores and dusky yellow cheeks. It has a single pale wingbar. The square tail shows a slight fork. It has quite a strong, robust, pale-coloured bill and dark legs.
The eastern crowned warbler breeds in eastern Siberia from the Argun River eastwards and southwards into western Manchuria and into central Sichuan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It winters in south-east Asia from eastern India and Bangladesh to Java. It has occurred as a vagrant in western Europe with the first record for Great Britain being in County Durham in 2009; this was the fifth record for the Western Palearctic (UK and Scandinavia). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Crowned-Warbler sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 325 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 231 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.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Crowned-Warbler in Seoul on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–March, the lowest months. That is one of Seoul's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 20 mm in January.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Crowned-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.
8th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Eastern Crowned-Warbler sightings, Seoul ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Sapporo (Japan, about 20%), Daejeon (South Korea, about 10%) and Busan (South Korea, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Crowned-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Seoul (325 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.
