Philemon argenticeps
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The silver-crowned friarbird (Philemon argenticeps) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.It is endemic to northern Australia, including Queensland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-crowned Friarbird sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 425 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 186 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.
March and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-crowned Friarbird in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May and November, the lowest months. Those are among Kakadu National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. February has too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver-crowned Friarbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Silver-crowned Friarbird sightings, Kakadu National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Nitmiluk National Park (Australia, about 50%).
Same genus: Philemon
The closest relatives of the Silver-crowned Friarbird that you can see in Kakadu National Park (genus Philemon, Typical Friarbirds) are Helmeted Friarbird (about 20%) and Little Friarbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silver-crowned Friarbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakadu National Park (425 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.
