Dendrocitta leucogastra
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The white-bellied treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra) is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India. They overlap in distribution in some areas with the rufous treepie but are easy to tell apart both from appearance and call.
The white of the head and body makes it easy to distinguish from the sympatric rufous treepie. This tends to be found in more dense forest and is less associated with human habitation than the rufous treepie. The white-bellied treepie is 48 cm (19 in) long. The back of the neck is white, and the throat and breast are black. The thighs are black, and the undertail coverts are chestnut. The rest of the underparts is white. The back is chestnut-brown. The wings are black and have a white patch. The rump is white. Two-thirds of the two central tail feathers are silver-grey, and the terminal third is black. The other tail feathers are black. The beak is black, and the legs are greyish-black.
It is found in the forests of the Western Ghats mainly south of Goa. A record from Erimalai near Dharmapuri and reports from the Surat Dangs and the southeastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh stand outside its main distribution... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Treepie sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 2,924 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 227 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Treepie in Periyar National Park on a given day, against about 40% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Periyar National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 410 mm in August.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-bellied Treepie sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-bellied Treepie sightings, Periyar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Nagarhole National Park (India, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-bellied Treepie is recorded against all the birds logged in Periyar National Park (2,924 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.
