Cyornis rufigastra
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Clements splits the Kalao blue flycatcher, Cyornis kalaoensis into a distinct species. The IOC still lists it as a subspecies of the mangrove blue flycatcher. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 50%) and Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (20 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.
