Sooty-capped Babbler

Sooty-capped Babbler

Malacopteron affine

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
217 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. There are two subspecies: M. a. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 217 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Rufous-crowned Babbler
NT

Rufous-crowned Babbler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Malacopteron magnum

<5% · Rare
Scaly-crowned Babbler
LC

Scaly-crowned Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Malacopteron cinereum

<5% · Rare
Moustached Babbler
LC

Moustached Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Malacopteron magnirostre

<5% · Rare
White-chested Babbler

White-chested Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trichastoma rostratum

30–40% · Possible
Black-capped Babbler
LC

Black-capped Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pellorneum capistratum

5–10% · With luck
Ferruginous Babbler

Ferruginous Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trichastoma bicolor

<5% · Rare
Short-tailed Babbler
NT

Short-tailed Babbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pellorneum malaccense

<5% · Rare
Black-throated Wren-Babbler

Black-throated Wren-Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Napothera atrigularis

<5% · Rare
Horsfield's Babbler
LC

Horsfield's Babbler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Malacocincla sepiaria

<5% · Rare
Abbott's Babbler
LC

Abbott's Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Malacocincla abbotti

Insufficient data
Slender-billed Crow
LC

Slender-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus enca

60–70% · Likely
Black-and-red Broadbill
LC

Black-and-red Broadbill

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
20–30
Mar
10–20
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
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 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
30–40%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
3 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
5 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty-capped Babbler in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 11% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty-capped Babbler sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 217 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Sooty-capped Babbler in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

March has the highest sighting rate for Sooty-capped Babbler in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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