Anorrhinus galeritus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The bushy-crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus) is a bird in the hornbill family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It lives in groups. Females have a unique nesting behavior in which they stay alone in a mud-covered tree hole during incubation and are fed by other hornbills from outside the nest. The bushy-crested hornbill mainly eats fruit: several different species of figs, Indian Mast Tree (Polyalthia lateriflora), Oncosperma horridum, Canarium megalanthum, Canthiumera glabra, Zuccarinia macrophylla, Myristica sp., Horsfieldia sp., champak (Magnolia champaca), Dysoxylum sp., Fibraurea tinctoria, Endocomia macrocoma, and Alseodaphne falcata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sriayuthaya Lion Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Bangkok Aquarium | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bushy-crested Hornbill sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 1,174 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 231 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.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bushy-crested Hornbill in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against about 30% in February and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bushy-crested Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Bushy-crested Hornbill sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 20%) and Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
Same family: Bucerotidae
The closest relatives of the Bushy-crested Hornbill that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (family Bucerotidae, Hornbills) are Oriental Pied Hornbill (about 90%), Black Hornbill (about 60%) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bushy-crested Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (1,174 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.
