Niltava sumatrana
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The rufous-vented niltava (Niltava sumatrana) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-vented Niltava sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-vented Niltava in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and October, the lowest months. That is one of Kerinci Seblat National Park's driest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 310 mm in March. January has too few records to rate.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-vented Niltava sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rufous-vented Niltava sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-vented Niltava is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (62 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.
