Garritornis isidorei
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Papuan babbler (Garritornis isidorei), New Guinea babbler, or Isidore's rufous babbler, is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae. It is found in New Guinea and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a New Guinea Babbler sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a New Guinea Babbler in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most New Guinea Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 New Guinea Babbler sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the New Guinea Babbler that you can see in Raja Ampat (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Willie Wagtail (about 80%), Helmeted Friarbird (about 70%) and Pacific Swallow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the New Guinea Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (8 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.
