Ceyx fallax
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx fallax) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The species has numerous common names such as Celebes forest kingfisher, blue-crowned kingfisher, Celebes dwarf-kingfisher, and Celebes pygmy-kingfisher.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | 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 Sulawesi Kingfisher sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 224 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sulawesi Kingfisher in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in August and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sulawesi Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Sulawesi Kingfisher sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Sulawesi 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 Sulawesi Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (224 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.
