Pachycephala hypoxantha
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Bornean whistler (Pachycephala hypoxantha) or Bornean mountain whistler, is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. 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 Bornean Whistler sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 1,935 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 247 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.
August and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Whistler in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 50% in January and April, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bornean Whistler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bornean Whistler sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Bornean Whistler that you can see in Kinabalu Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush (about 80%), Bornean Treepie (about 70%) and Indigo Flycatcher (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bornean Whistler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (1,935 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.
