Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Dicaeum trigonostigma

Silhouette: Rachael Joakim · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

114 Verified sightings at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary From 2019 to 2026
3,584 In all 14 parks
August Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

The orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Male is distinctive, and shows slaty-blue upperparts (crown/nape/wings/tail) except for a large triangular orange patch on the mantle. It has a fairly thin and short bill that is slightly curved downwards at the tip. Upper-breast and throat are a lighter greyish blue; from the lower breast to the vent is a gradient from fiery orange (on the lower breast) to yellow (on the vent).

Female is much duller, and is mostly drab olive brown overall, except for its pale orange rump and yellow belly. Dicaeum trigonostigma melanostigma Delacour (Birds of Malaysia, 1947) cited a name Dicaeum trigonostigma melanostigma, but because no description accompanied this name, and no type was identified, it was published as a nomen nudum.

He later (in litt.) asserted that the name was a lapsus (Salomonsen, American... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:13

Philippines · 2026

© Kelle Moreau · XC1163205 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:13

Malaysia · 2025

© Étienne Leroy · XC1076672 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call1:07

Thailand · 2014

© Greg Irving · XC179387 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~50%
2 Bako National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~40%
4 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
5 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
6 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
7 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
8 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
9 Tanjung Puting National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
10 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
11 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
12 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
13 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
14 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~30%
2 Kuching 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
3 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
4 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%
5 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
6 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
7 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 114 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

June, August–September and November–March

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-bellied Flowerpecker sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary the best place to see an Orange-bellied Flowerpecker?

13th of 14

Of the 14 parks where we can rate Orange-bellied Flowerpecker sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 13th at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 50%), Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 40%) and Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 40%). All parks ranked.

Where does the Orange-bellied Flowerpecker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-bellied Flowerpecker is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (114 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.

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