Mountain Leaf Warbler

Mountain Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus trivirgatus

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Kerinci Seblat National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

193 Verified sightings at Kerinci Seblat National Park From 2019 to 2026
2,228 In all 3 parks
November Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Mountain Leaf Warbler

The mountain leaf warbler (Phylloscopus trivirgatus) is a songbird species from the leaf warbler family (Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:39

Malaysia · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1104260 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:33

Indonesia · 2012

© Frank Lambert · XC142042 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:17

Malaysia · 2024

© Lim Ying Hien · XC953838 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~60%
2 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
3 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Leaf Warbler in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Leaf Warbler sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 193 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mountain Leaf Warbler in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

February–March, May, July–September and November–December

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Leaf Warbler in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, June and October, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Mountain Leaf Warbler?

Between 1 and 4 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain Leaf Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Kerinci Seblat National Park the best place to see a Mountain Leaf Warbler?

2nd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Mountain Leaf Warbler sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 60%).

Where does the Mountain Leaf Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mountain Leaf Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (193 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.

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