Stachyridopsis rufifrons
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) is a babbler species in the Old World babbler family. It occurs in the Eastern Himalayan foothills, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Indochina and south to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The buff-chested babbler is now subsumed into this species.
The rufous-fronted babbler was formally described in 1873 by the English naturalist Allan Octavian Hume based on a specimen that had been collected by Eugene W. Oates on the western slopes of the Pegu Range of central Myanmar. Hume placed the specimen in the genus Stachyris and coined the binomial name Stachyris rufifrons. The specific epithet rufifrons is modern Latin meaning "red-fronted", from Latin rufus meaning "red" or "rufous" and frons, frontis meaning "forehead" or "brow". The rufous-fronted babbler is now one of seven babblers placed in the genus Cyanoderma that was first introduced in 1874 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori.
Nine subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-fronted Babbler sighting in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and June–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-fronted Babbler in Khao Luang National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-fronted Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Rufous-fronted Babbler sightings, Khao Luang National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 20%), Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 20%) and Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Timaliidae
The closest relatives of the Rufous-fronted Babbler that you can see in Khao Luang National Park (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (about 60%), Chestnut-winged Babbler (about 60%) and Gray-headed Babbler (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rufous-fronted Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Luang National Park (17 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.
