Saxicoloides fulicatus
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In 3 days >90%
The Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread in the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The males of the northern subspecies have brown backs whose extent gradually reduces southwards, with the males of the southern subspecies having all-black backs. They are commonly found in open scrub areas and often seen running along the ground or perching on low thorny shrubs and rocks. The long tail is usually held up and the chestnut undertail coverts and dark body make them easily distinguishable from pied bushchats and Oriental magpie-robins.
In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Indian robin in his Ornithologie based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected in the Philippines. He used the French name Le grand traquet des Philippines and the Latin Rubetra Philippensis Major. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 15 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 18 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 19 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Robin sighting in Gir National Park on a given day, based on 140 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 135 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April–May
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Robin in Gir National Park on a given day, against about 50% in September–October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Gir National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in July. July and August have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Robin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate Indian Robin sightings, Gir National Park ranks 3rd at about 70%. The best odds are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%) and Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Indian Robin that you can see in Gir National Park (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 70%), Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (about 50%) and Red-breasted Flycatcher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Gir National Park (140 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.
