Cyornis turcosus
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a brilliant blue upperparts, a pale orange throat and chest, and a white belly. A slightly paler female has a whitish throat, while a male's is blue; the sexes are otherwise quite similar.
The head is fairly uniformly blue, without boldly lighter or darker patches, unlike in many other "blue flycatchers". Pale and restricted orange also serve as a helpful identifying feature. A lowland species, restricted to secluded riverine forests in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula but found in a variety of dry and wet forests on Borneo.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. It is threatened by habitat loss. The bird is well known as 'Burung Sambar Biru' in Malaysia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 723 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against about 20% in January–February and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (723 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.
