Aethopyga temminckii
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Temminck's sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii) is a species of sunbird. It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, West Malaysia, and south west Thailand in tropical moist montane forests. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch aristocrat and zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
It has been considered conspecific with Javan sunbird, Aethopyga mystacalis. The Temminck's sunbird is 10 cm (female) -12.5 cm (male) long. The longer-tailed male is mostly scarlet, except for a greyish belly, yellow and purple bands between the back and tail, and four purple bands on the head emanating from the beak. The female is drab olive, except for rufous fringes to the wing and tail feathers.
Notes Sources Robson, Craig: A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand ISBN 1-84330-921-1 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Temminck's Sunbird sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 262 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Temminck's Sunbird in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May and June, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Temminck's Sunbird 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.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Temminck's Sunbird sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 60%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Temminck's Sunbird that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Little Spiderhunter (about 10%) and Spectacled Spiderhunter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Temminck's Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (262 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.
