Macronus gularis
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia. The pin-striped tit-babbler was formally described in 1822 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield based on a specimen collected in Sumatra. He coined the binomial name Timalia gularis. The pin-striped tit-babbler was formerly placed in the genus Macronus but based on the results of a large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019, the species was moved to the genus Mixornis that had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird". The specific epithet gularis is Modern Latin meaning "-throated". The pin-striped tit-babbler belongs within a clade that includes the genera Dumetia and Timalia.
The species has also been split following a study by Nigel Collar to distinguish the morphologically distinct Bornean and Javan populations, which have since been renamed the bold-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis bornensis), from the rest of the pin... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 13 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 14 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 15 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 18 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Guwahati | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sighting in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, based on 434 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 213 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.
May and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Khao Sok National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sightings, Khao Sok National Park ranks 4th at about 50%. The best odds are in Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 60%), Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 60%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Timaliidae
The closest relatives of the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler that you can see in Khao Sok National Park (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are Chestnut-winged Babbler (about 20%), Rufous-fronted Babbler (about 10%) and Gray-throated Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Sok National Park (434 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.
