Malacopteron affine
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, based on 454 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 293 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January, the lowest month.
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.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sooty-capped Babbler sightings, Taman Negara National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 40%).
Same genus: Malacopteron
The closest relatives of the Sooty-capped Babbler that you can see in Taman Negara National Park (genus Malacopteron, Malacopteron Babblers) are Rufous-crowned Babbler (about 30%), Moustached Babbler (about 30%) and Scaly-crowned Babbler (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty-capped Babbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Taman Negara National Park (454 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.
