Malacopteron affine
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae. It occurs in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Singapore. The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 163 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty-capped Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sooty-capped Babbler sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 40%), Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 30%) and Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (163 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.
