Bird AlbumMalaysia · Sabah
Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges
224 species and 6,454 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and August, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Wrinkled HornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus29 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 224 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinabatangan River – Kinabatangan Jungle Camp2 km222 species
- Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary4 km290 species
- Silau Tenegang6 km216 species
- Menanggol River7 km261 species
- Kinabatangan River – Sukau Rainforest Lodge8 km292 species
- Kinabatangan River – Borneo Nature Lodge8 km217 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola
- Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges?
March and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges?
224 species, from 6,454 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges in November?
The most recorded in November: Purple Heron, Green Imperial Pigeon, Crested Serpent Eagle, Blue-throated Bee-eater and Wallace's Hawk-Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.