Timalia pileata
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the family Timaliidae. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia. The chestnut-capped babbler is placed as the sole species in the genus Timalia. It is divided into six subspecies with the following distribution:
T. p. bengalensis – lower Himalayas (Uttarakhand in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, northeastern India, and northwestern Myanmar) south to Odisha in India T. p. smithi – northern Myanmar to southern China, northern Thailand and northern Indochina
T. p. intermedia – central and southern Myanmar to southwestern Thailand T. p. patriciae – western part of the central plains of Thailand T. p. dictator – eastern and southeastern Thailand to southern Indochina This species is most closely related to the two Indian species, the tawny-bellied babbler and the dark-fronted babbler. Together they form a sister group to the rest of the species in the family Timaliidae. The chestnut-capped babbler is a medium-sized (15.5–17 cm) babbler with a fairly long, wedge-shaped tail and a thick, black bill. The plumage is unbarred brown with characteristic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 6 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 9 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Babbler sighting in Tamluk on a given day, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 41st most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Babbler in Tamluk on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Tamluk's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 330 mm in July.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-capped Babbler 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chestnut-capped Babbler sightings, Tamluk ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chattogram (Bangladesh, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-capped Babbler that you can see in Tamluk (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Jungle Babbler (about 80%), Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 80%) and Common Tailorbird (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Tamluk (120 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.
