Malaysia · Sabah
Kinabatangan River – Sukau
310 species and 35,240 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and June–July, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
Storm's StorkCiconia stormi
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
Great EgretArdea alba
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Sunda CrowCorvus enca
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus55 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 310 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinabatangan – Sukau Lodges4 km277 species
- Menanggol River5 km261 species
- Kinabatangan River – Sukau Rainforest Lodge5 km292 species
- Kinabatangan River – Borneo Nature Lodge5 km217 species
- Kinabatangan River – Tenegang to Menanggol6 km209 species
- Silau Tenegang9 km216 species
All 310 species recorded here
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus
- Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- White-necked Babbler Stachyris leucotis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps
- Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
- Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kinabatangan River – Sukau?
March and June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kinabatangan River – Sukau?
310 species, from 35,240 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kinabatangan River – Sukau in November?
The most recorded in November: Stork-billed Kingfisher, Oriental Dollarbird, Storm's Stork, Green Imperial Pigeon and Blue-eared Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.