Sumatran Treepie

Sumatran Treepie

Dendrocitta occipitalis

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Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Kerinci Seblat National Park

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

21 Verified sightings at Kerinci Seblat National Park From 2019 to 2026
21 In 1 park
June Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Sumatran Treepie

The Sumatran treepie or Sunda treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of this bird. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~50%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Zoo Pilsen 🇨🇿 Czechia In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sumatran Treepie in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Sumatran Treepie sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Sumatran Treepie in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

June

In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Sumatran Treepie in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sumatran Treepie?

Between midnight and 3 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sumatran Treepie sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Sumatran Treepie?

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 Sumatran Treepie sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Sumatran Treepie live in Kerinci Seblat National Park?

Same order: Passeriformes

The closest relatives of the Sumatran Treepie that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher (about 70%), Gray-throated Babbler (about 60%) and Golden Babbler (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Sumatran Treepie sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sumatran Treepie is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (21 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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