Zosterops atricapilla
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In 3 days >90%
The black-capped white-eye (Zosterops atricapilla) is a small passerine from the family Zosteropidae. It can reach a length between nine and eleven centimetres and looks slightly similar to the Sangkar white-eye. The back is olive green and the iris is brown. The bill and the feet are coloured black. The voice is characterized by soft twitters.
It inhabits mountain forests and alpine meadows in altitudes between 700 and 3000 m on mountains of Sumatra, and Borneo (especially Mount Kinabalu, Gunung Mulu, and Mount Batu Patap). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped White-eye sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 1,986 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped White-eye in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 40% in September and November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-capped White-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-capped White-eye sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-capped White-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (1,986 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.
