Pelargopsis amauroptera
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is found along the north and eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal, occurring in the countries of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-winged Kingfisher sighting in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, based on 453 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-winged Kingfisher in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Sundarbans National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 480 mm in July. May and June have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-winged Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Sundarbans National Park, in our data
Sundarbans National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown-winged Kingfisher sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-winged Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Sundarbans National Park (453 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.
