Malaysia · Sabah
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
290 species and 13,837 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, June–July and November, with up to 116 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Great EgretArdea alba
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Sunda CrowCorvus enca
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Storm's StorkCiconia stormi
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela106 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 290 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges4 km224 species
- Kinabatangan River – Kinabatangan Jungle Camp4 km222 species
- Silau Tenegang7 km216 species
- Menanggol River10 km261 species
- Kinabatangan River – Sukau Rainforest Lodge11 km292 species
- Kinabatangan River – Borneo Nature Lodge11 km217 species
All 290 species recorded here
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
- Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
- Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
March, June–July and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 116 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
290 species, from 13,837 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Dollarbird, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Green Imperial Pigeon, Great Egret and Oriental Darter.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.