Malacopteron affine
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 99th most-seen of the 205 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.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April, June and September, the lowest months. November to February have too few records to rate.
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.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Sooty-capped Babbler sightings, Way Kambas National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 40%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 30%).
Same genus: Malacopteron
The closest relatives of the Sooty-capped Babbler that you can see in Way Kambas National Park (genus Malacopteron, Malacopteron Babblers) are Scaly-crowned Babbler (about 10%), Rufous-crowned Babbler (about 10%) and Moustached Babbler (about 10%), 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 Way Kambas National Park (53 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.
