Aviceda jerdoni
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Jerdon's baza (Aviceda jerdoni) is a moderate sized brown hawk with a thin white-tipped black crest usually held erect. It is found in South-east Asia. It inhabits foothills in the terai and is rarer in evergreen forests and tea estates.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon. It is about 41–48 cm long with a wingspan of 117 cm (46 in). The bird weighs around 350 grams (.77 lb). It is confusable with crested goshawk or the changeable hawk-eagle in flight, but can be distinguished by the longer upright crest, very broad and rounded paddle-shaped wings and mostly plain and pale underparts. It has a white chin and a bold black mesial stripe.
Several subspecies are recognized within its large distribution range. These include: It is a resident of the terai of North India and foothills of the Eastern Himalayas... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 9 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 14 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Baza sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 318 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May–July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Baza in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against about 10% in April and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jerdon's Baza sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Jerdon's Baza sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manas National Park (India, about 10%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Accipitridae
The closest relatives of the Jerdon's Baza that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (family Accipitridae, Hawks, Eagles, and Kites) are Crested Serpent Eagle (about 60%), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle (about 50%) and Wallace's Hawk-Eagle (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jerdon's Baza is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (318 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.
