Pomatorhinus bornensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Sunda scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus bornensis) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is endemic to Sumatra, Borneo, and Malaysia. The Sunda scimitar babbler and the Javan scimitar babbler were previously grouped together as the chestnut-backed scimitar babbler. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Scimitar-Babbler sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Scimitar-Babbler in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunda Scimitar-Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sunda Scimitar-Babbler sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 10%), Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 10%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same family: Timaliidae
The closest relatives of the Sunda Scimitar-Babbler that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are Gray-throated Babbler (about 50%) and Bare-headed Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunda Scimitar-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (76 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.
