What are the chances of seeing a Kinabalu Jay in Kinabalu Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kinabalu Jay sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Kinabalu Jay in Kinabalu Park?
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Kinabalu Jay in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, September and November–December, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Kinabalu Jay?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kinabalu Jay sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Kinabalu Jay?
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Kinabalu Jay sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Kinabalu Jay live in Kinabalu Park?
Same genus: Graphium
The closest relatives of the Kinabalu Jay that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Graphium, Swordtails, Jays, Bluebottles and allies) are Common Bluebottle (about 20%) and Tailed Jay (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Kinabalu Jay sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kinabalu Jay is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (11 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.