Staphida everetti
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The chestnut-crested yuhina (Staphida everetti) is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species has been included in the genus Staphida, along with the Indochinese yuhina and the striated yuhina of mainland Asia, and all three have been considered a single species. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia where it is endemic to the island of Borneo. Its natural habitat is broadleaf evergreen submontane and montane forests, forest edge and secondary growth from 100–2,800 m (330–9,190 ft). They are common and are often one of the most common species in their range. 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 Chestnut-crested Yuhina sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 2,028 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th 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.
February
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crested Yuhina in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 40% in October and November, the lowest months. That is one of Kinabalu Park's driest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 550 mm in June.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-crested Yuhina 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 Chestnut-crested Yuhina sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Zosteropidae
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-crested Yuhina that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Zosteropidae, White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) are Black-capped White-eye (about 60%), Mountain Blackeye (about 30%) and Pygmy Ibon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-crested Yuhina is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (2,028 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.
