Lalage nigra
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The pied triller (Lalage nigra) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description and an illustration of the pied triller in the second volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen that had been collected in the East Indies. He used the French name Le Merle des Indes and the Latin name Merula Indica. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. In a section of a book by Johann Reinhold Forster published in 1781 the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant coined the binomial name Turdus niger for the pied triller and cited Brisson's work. In 1922 the type location was restricted to Singapore by the American zoologist Outram Bangs. The pied triller is now one of 20 species placed in the genus Lalage that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Bandar Lampung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Semarang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Angeles | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 9 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Triller sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 166 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Triller in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May, August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Gunung Leuser National Park's wettest months, with about 700 mm of rain against 150 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Triller sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Pied Triller sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 30%), Bali Barat National Park (Indonesia, about 10%) and Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Triller is recorded against all the birds logged in Gunung Leuser National Park (20 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.
