Syma torotoro
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The yellow-billed kingfisher (Syma torotoro) is a medium-sized tree kingfisher. Three subspecies are recognised: Syma torotoro torotoro (Lesson, 1827) found in West Papuan islands, lowland New Guinea, Yapen Island and Aru
The yellow-billed kingfisher is 20 cm (7.9 in) long, with a wingspan of 29 cm (11 in), and it weighs 30–50 g (1.1–1.8 oz). Its orange colouring and yellow bill are distinctive; it has an orange head and neck with a black nape patch and white throat. Adult females also have a black crown patch. The upper mantle is blackish grading to olive green on the back, blue-green on rump and with a blue tail. The upperwing is dull green-blue with dark olive-black flight feathers. The underparts are pale orange-grey. The bill is orange-yellow in adults, dark grey in juveniles.
The yellow-billed kingfisher is widespread throughout lowland New Guinea and the adjacent islands, extending to northern Cape York Peninsula... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Kingfisher sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 346 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, July and September–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Kingfisher in Raja Ampat on a given day, against about 10% in April and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-billed Kingfisher 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 Yellow-billed Kingfisher sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-billed Kingfisher that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are Beach Kingfisher (about 50%), Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (about 50%) and Common Paradise-Kingfisher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-billed Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (346 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.
