What are the chances of seeing a Bornean Treebrown in Kinabalu Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Treebrown sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 297 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Bornean Treebrown in Kinabalu Park?
January and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Treebrown in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and September–December, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Bornean Treebrown?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bornean Treebrown sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Bornean Treebrown?
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bornean Treebrown sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Bornean Treebrown live in Kinabalu Park?
Same genus: Lethe
The closest relatives of the Bornean Treebrown that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Lethe, Pearly-eyes and Allies) are Darena Forester (about 20%) and Angled Red Forester (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Bornean Treebrown sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bornean Treebrown is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (8 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.