Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The great-billed kingfisher or black-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi region of Indonesia. It can be found on the island of Sulawesi and in the Sula Archipelago.
There are three recognized subspecies: Pelargopsis melanorhyncha melanorhyncha which is found on the islands of Sulawesi, Bangka, Lembeh, Manadotua, Dodepo, Muna, Butung, Labuandata and in the Togian Islands. Pelargopsis melanorhyncha dichrorhyncha which is found in the Banggai Islands.
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha eutreptorhyncha which is found in the Sula Islands on Taliabu, Seho, Mangole and Sanana. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Wikipedia →
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Indonesia · 2019
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great-billed Kingfisher sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 148 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 138 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.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Great-billed Kingfisher in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in February, June, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great-billed Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Great-billed Kingfisher sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Great-billed Kingfisher that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are Green-backed Kingfisher (about 50%), Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher (about 50%) and Collared Kingfisher (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great-billed Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (148 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.
