Horsfield's Babbler
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Horsfield's Babbler

Malacocincla sepiaria

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
1 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

Horsfield's babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The common name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

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
White-chested Babbler

White-chested Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trichastoma rostratum

<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

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Fewer than 5 records of Horsfield's Babbler at Kinabalu Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
20–30%
3 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
20–30%
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
5 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
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