Muscicapa ferruginea
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the eastern Himalayas, the Purvanchal Range and central/southern China; it winters to Hainan and Southeast Asia.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Chengdu | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 6 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Flycatcher sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 278th most-seen of the 360 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Flycatcher in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ferruginous Flycatcher 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 Ferruginous Flycatcher sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 10%), Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, under 5%) and Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, under 5%).
Same genus: Muscicapa
The closest relatives of the Ferruginous Flycatcher that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (genus Muscicapa, Muscicapa Flycatchers) are Asian Brown Flycatcher (about 40%) and Dark-sided Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ferruginous Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (42 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.
