White-chested Babbler

White-chested Babbler

Trichastoma rostratum

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
20 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum), previously named the white-chested babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family, Pellorneidae, that is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, the Riau Islands, the Lingga Islands and the island of Belitung. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Bornean swamp babbler (Pellorneum macropterum). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a White-chested Babbler sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Ferruginous Babbler

Ferruginous Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trichastoma bicolor

Insufficient data
Temminck's Babbler

Temminck's Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pellorneum pyrrogenys

20–30% · Possible
Mountain Wren-Babbler

Mountain Wren-Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Napothera crassa

20–30% · Possible
Black-throated Wren-Babbler

Black-throated Wren-Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Napothera atrigularis

Insufficient data
Rufous-crowned Babbler
NT

Rufous-crowned Babbler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Malacopteron magnum

<5% · Rare
Brown Fulvetta
NT

Brown Fulvetta

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Alcippe brunneicauda

<5% · Rare
Sooty-capped Babbler
NT

Sooty-capped Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Malacopteron affine

<5% · Rare
Moustached Babbler
LC

Moustached Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Malacopteron magnirostre

<5% · Rare
Black-capped Babbler
LC

Black-capped Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pellorneum capistratum

<5% · Rare
Scaly-crowned Babbler
LC

Scaly-crowned Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Malacopteron cinereum

<5% · Rare
Short-tailed Babbler
NT

Short-tailed Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pellorneum malaccense

<5% · Rare
Bornean Wren-Babbler
VU

Bornean Wren-Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ptilocichla leucogrammica

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
30–40%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-chested Babbler in Kinabalu Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a White-chested Babbler sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-chested Babbler in Kinabalu Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for White-chested Babbler in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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