Ficedula westermanni
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. The species was given the binomial Muscicapula westermanni by R.B. Sharpe in 1888 based on a specimen collected by Leonard Ray in Malaysia and named after Gerardus Frederik Westerman.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Little Pied Flycatcher sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 1,123 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Little Pied Flycatcher in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 30% in June and July, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Pied Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Little Pied Flycatcher sightings, Kinabalu Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Manas National Park (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Ficedula
The closest relatives of the Little Pied Flycatcher that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Ficedula, Ficedula Flycatchers) are Snowy-browed Flycatcher (about 30%), Mugimaki Flycatcher (about 10%) and Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Pied Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (1,123 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.
