Myophonus melanurus
Silhouette: Martin Bulla, based on François Desbordes' illustration · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The shiny whistling thrush (Myophonus melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Barisan Mountains in Sumatra. 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.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shiny Whistling-Thrush sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 296 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Shiny Whistling-Thrush in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 30% in February–May and October, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shiny Whistling-Thrush 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.
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 Shiny Whistling-Thrush sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Myophonus
The closest relatives of the Shiny Whistling-Thrush that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (genus Myophonus, Whistling-Thrushes) are Chestnut-winged Whistling-Thrush (about 20%) and Blue Whistling-Thrush (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shiny Whistling-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (296 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.
