Mountain Wren-Babbler

Mountain Wren-Babbler

Napothera crassa

Silhouette: PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kinabalu Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

568 Verified sightings at Kinabalu Park From 2019 to 2026
568 In 1 park
August Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Mountain Wren-Babbler

The mountain wren-babbler (Gypsophila crassa) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is native to the Iran Mountains of northeastern Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Malaysia · 2011

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Wren-Babbler in Kinabalu Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Wren-Babbler sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 568 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mountain Wren-Babbler in Kinabalu Park?

August

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Wren-Babbler in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 10% in January and February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mountain Wren-Babbler?

Between 4 and 7 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain Wren-Babbler 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.

Where else can you see a Mountain Wren-Babbler?

Only Kinabalu Park, in our data

Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mountain Wren-Babbler sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Mountain Wren-Babbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mountain Wren-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (568 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.

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