Pachycephala phaionota
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The island whistler (Pachycephala phaionota) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae native to the Moluccas and islands of Western New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The island whistler was originally described in the genus Myiolestes (a synonym for Colluricincla). Explore Species: Island Whistler at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Island Whistler sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Island Whistler in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Island Whistler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Island Whistler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Island Whistler is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (121 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.
