Stachyris nigriceps
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The grey-throated babbler was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the current binomial name Stachyris nigriceps. He specified the locality as Nepal. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils". The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed".
Twelve subspecies are recognised: Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps Blyth, 1844 – central, east Himalayas Stachyris nigriceps coltarti Harington, 1913 – northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest China Stachyris nigriceps spadix Ripley, 1948 – east, south Assam (northeast India), east Bangladesh, south, southeast Myanmar and northwest, west Thailand
Stachyris nigriceps yunnanensis La Touche, 1921 – east Myanmar, north Thailand and south... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 5 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-throated Babbler sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 281 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 388 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.
March to June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-throated Babbler in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in October, the lowest month. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-throated Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Gray-throated Babbler sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 60%), Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 50%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Timaliidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-throated Babbler that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are White-browed Scimitar-Babbler (about 30%), Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (about 20%) and Golden Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-throated Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (281 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.
