Malacopteron affine
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The sooty-capped babbler (Malacopteron affine) is a member of the family Pellorneidae. It occurs in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Singapore. The sooty-capped babbler is also known in Malay as rimba tinjau belukar. Its main diet is small insects.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 185th most-seen of the 242 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.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty-capped Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sooty-capped Babbler sightings, Sepilok ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 40%), Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 30%) and Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (20 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.
