Anthreptes simplex
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The plain sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kubah National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 12 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Sunbird sighting in Kubah National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 92 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Sunbird in Kubah National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April, June, August and December, the lowest months. January–February, September and November have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Sunbird 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 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Plain Sunbird sightings, Kubah National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 30%) and Sepilok (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same genus: Anthreptes
The closest relatives of the Plain Sunbird that you can see in Kubah National Park (genus Anthreptes, Plain-throated Sunbirds, Violet-backed Sunbirds, and Allies) are Brown-throated Sunbird (about 30%) and Red-throated Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kubah National Park (12 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.
