Cyornis turcosus
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a brilliant blue upperparts, a pale orange throat and chest, and a white belly. A slightly paler female has a whitish throat, while a male's is blue; the sexes are otherwise quite similar.
The head is fairly uniformly blue, without boldly lighter or darker patches, unlike in many other "blue flycatchers". Pale and restricted orange also serve as a helpful identifying feature. A lowland species, restricted to secluded riverine forests in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula but found in a variety of dry and wet forests on Borneo.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. It is threatened by habitat loss. The bird is well known as 'Burung Sambar Biru' in Malaysia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 366 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and May–July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against about 10% in October and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sightings, Danum Valley Conservation Area ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 30%), Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 30%) and Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same genus: Cyornis
The closest relatives of the Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher that you can see in Danum Valley Conservation Area (genus Cyornis, Blue Flycatchers and Jungle Flycatchers) are Bornean Blue-Flycatcher (about 20%) and Long-billed Blue-Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Danum Valley Conservation Area (366 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.
