Mountain Peltops
Mountain Peltops

Mountain Peltops

Peltops montanus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Lorentz National Park
17 Verified records at Lorentz National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The mountain peltops (Peltops montanus) is a species of bird in the family Cracticidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Peltops sighting in Lorentz National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Lorentz National Park

Hooded Butcherbird
LC

Hooded Butcherbird

Bird

Cracticus cassicus

Insufficient data
Red-capped Flowerpecker
LC

Red-capped Flowerpecker

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Dicaeum geelvinkianum

70–80% · Very likely
Smoky Honeyeater
LC

Smoky Honeyeater

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Melipotes fumigatus

70–80% · Very likely
Friendly Fantail
LC

Friendly Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura albolimbata

70–80% · Very likely
Belford's Melidectes
LC

Belford's Melidectes

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Melidectes belfordi

60–70% · Likely
Red-collared Myzomela
LC

Red-collared Myzomela

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myzomela rosenbergii

60–70% · Likely
Black-backed Honeyeater
LC

Black-backed Honeyeater

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Ptiloprora perstriata

60–70% · Likely
Lorentz's Whistler
LC

Lorentz's Whistler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Pachycephala lorentzi

60–70% · Likely
Brown-breasted Gerygone
LC

Brown-breasted Gerygone

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Gerygone ruficollis

60–70% · Likely
Splendid Astrapia
LC

Splendid Astrapia

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Astrapia splendidissima

40–50% · Likely
Baliem Whistler

Baliem Whistler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pachycephala balim

40–50% · Likely
Black-breasted Munia
LC Endemic

Black-breasted Munia

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Lonchura teerinki

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
30–40
Jun
10–20
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌙 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 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Peltops in Lorentz National Park?

About 17% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Peltops sighting in Lorentz National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Mountain Peltops in Lorentz National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Peltops in Lorentz National Park in our monthly data.

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