Anorrhinus galeritus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The bushy-crested hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus) is a bird in the hornbill family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It lives in groups. Females have a unique nesting behavior in which they stay alone in a mud-covered tree hole during incubation and are fed by other hornbills from outside the nest. The bushy-crested hornbill mainly eats fruit: several different species of figs, Indian Mast Tree (Polyalthia lateriflora), Oncosperma horridum, Canarium megalanthum, Canthiumera glabra, Zuccarinia macrophylla, Myristica sp., Horsfieldia sp., champak (Magnolia champaca), Dysoxylum sp., Fibraurea tinctoria, Endocomia macrocoma, and Alseodaphne falcata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sriayuthaya Lion Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Bangkok Aquarium | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bushy-crested Hornbill sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 317 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 91st most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and June–July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bushy-crested Hornbill in Sepilok on a given day, against about 10% in May and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bushy-crested Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Bushy-crested Hornbill sightings, Sepilok ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 50%), Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 20%) and Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 20%).
Same family: Bucerotidae
The closest relatives of the Bushy-crested Hornbill that you can see in Sepilok (family Bucerotidae, Hornbills) are Black Hornbill (about 60%), Rhinoceros Hornbill (about 40%) and Oriental Pied Hornbill (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bushy-crested Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (317 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.
