Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Macronus gularis

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

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

251 Verified sightings at Sundarbans National Park From 2019 to 2026
8,343 In all 18 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

The pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia. The pin-striped tit-babbler was formally described in 1822 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield based on a specimen collected in Sumatra. He coined the binomial name Timalia gularis. The pin-striped tit-babbler was formerly placed in the genus Macronus but based on the results of a large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019, the species was moved to the genus Mixornis that had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird". The specific epithet gularis is Modern Latin meaning "-throated". The pin-striped tit-babbler belongs within a clade that includes the genera Dumetia and Timalia.

The species has also been split following a study by Nigel Collar to distinguish the morphologically distinct Bornean and Javan populations, which have since been renamed the bold-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis bornensis), from the rest of the pin... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:16

Cambodia · 2026

© JJSUN · XC1103648 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:52

Singapore · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC972855 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:39

Thailand · 2023

© FREDERIC Lionel · XC938688 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~60%
2 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~60%
3 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~50%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~50%
5 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
6 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~40%
8 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
9 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~30%
10 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
11 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
12 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
13 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~20%
14 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
15 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
16 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
17 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
18 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
2 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~20%
3 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
5 Phnom Penh 🇰🇭 Cambodia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler in Sundarbans National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sighting in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, based on 251 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler in Sundarbans National Park?

July

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Sundarbans National Park's wettest months, with about 480 mm of rain against 15 mm in January. May and June have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler live in Sundarbans National Park?

Same family: Timaliidae

The closest relatives of the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler that you can see in Sundarbans National Park (family Timaliidae, Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies) are Chestnut-capped Babbler (about 10%) and White-browed Scimitar-Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pin-striped Tit-Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Sundarbans National Park (251 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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