Garrulax palliatus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Sunda laughingthrush (Garrulax palliatus) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by human activity such as hunting, logging, and trapping.
The length of its body is characterized as medium-sized, about 24–25cm. The Sunda laughingthrush primarily eats insects (including beetles, moths, and caterpillars) and seeds. Two subspecies are recognized: Garrulax palliatus palliatus is native to the island of Sumatra, mostly in montane rain forests from 850 to 2,200 meters elevation.
Garrulax palliatus schistochlamys is native to Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), mostly in montane rain forest, and sometimes in submontane hill forest, from 300 to 2,010 meters elevation. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Laughingthrush sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 117 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th 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.
September
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Laughingthrush in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against about 20% in December, the lowest month.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunda Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Sunda Laughingthrush sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunda Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (117 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.
