Niltava davidi
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Cambodia, southern China (including Hong Kong), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fujian Niltava sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 86 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 159 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.
December to February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Fujian Niltava in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April–May, August and October, the lowest months. Those are among Cuc Phuong National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 390 mm in August. July has too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fujian Niltava 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.
Only Cuc Phuong National Park, in our data
Cuc Phuong National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fujian Niltava sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Fujian Niltava that you can see in Cuc Phuong National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are White-rumped Shama (about 40%), Rufous-tailed Robin (about 40%) and White-tailed Robin (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fujian Niltava is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (86 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
