Rufous-faced Warbler

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Royal Manas National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

189 Verified sightings at Royal Manas National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,413 In all 3 parks
April Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Rufous-faced Warbler

The rufous-faced warbler (Abroscopus albogularis) is a species of the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It often participates in inter-species flocks, especially with leaf warblers. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:24

China · 2026

© Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 · XC1175038 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:12

China · 2025

© Dave Guo · XC1148134 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:22

China · 2026

© Albert Lastukhin · XC1138482 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~20%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~70%
2 Chongqing 🇨🇳 China
~30%
3 Hefei 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
~10%
5 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
6 Nanchang 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Wuhan 🇨🇳 China
~10%
8 Changsha 🇨🇳 China
~10%
9 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
10 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rufous-faced Warbler in Royal Manas National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-faced Warbler sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 189 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rufous-faced Warbler in Royal Manas National Park?

April, June, October and December–January

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-faced Warbler in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, May, July and November, the lowest months. August and September have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Rufous-faced Warbler?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-faced Warbler 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.

Is Royal Manas National Park the best place to see a Rufous-faced Warbler?

3rd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Rufous-faced Warbler sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 30%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Rufous-faced Warbler live in Royal Manas National Park?

Same genus: Abroscopus

The closest relatives of the Rufous-faced Warbler that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (genus Abroscopus, Abroscopus Warblers) are Yellow-bellied Warbler (about 20%) and Black-faced Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rufous-faced Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rufous-faced Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (189 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.

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