Bird AlbumMalaysia · Sabah
Gomantong Cave & forest reserve
284 species and 17,273 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and June–July, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximus
Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus
Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
Mossy-nest SwiftletAerodramus salangana
Plume-toed SwiftletCollocalia affinis
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritus
Sunda Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
Black-crowned PittaErythropitta ussheri
Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kieneriiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary14 km290 species
- Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges16 km224 species
- Kinabatangan River – Kinabatangan Jungle Camp17 km222 species
- Silau Tenegang21 km216 species
- Menanggol River22 km261 species
- Kinabatangan – Sukau Lodges23 km277 species
All 284 species recorded here
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Black-throated Wren-Babbler Turdinus atrigularis
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus
- Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Bornean Shortwing Brachypteryx erythrogyna
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gomantong Cave & forest reserve?
March and June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gomantong Cave & forest reserve?
284 species, from 17,273 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gomantong Cave & forest reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Crested Serpent Eagle, Bat Hawk, Black-nest Swiftlet, Black-and-yellow Broadbill and Edible-nest Swiftlet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.