Bird AlbumMalaysia · Sabah
Kota Kinabalu – Tanjung Aru Beach
193 species and 14,516 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, June and September–October, with up to 60 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue-naped ParrotTanygnathus lucionensis
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicauda
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla39 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 193 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Penampang rice paddies & fields5 km177 species
- Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site & Education Centre6 km191 species
- Kota Kinabalu – Likas Lagoon8 km159 species
- Crocker Range NP – Gunung Alab Substation35 km190 species
- Crocker Range NP – Rafflesia Information Centre38 km254 species
- Kinabalu Park – Road to Timpohon Gate Road55 km135 species
All 193 species recorded here
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii
- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kota Kinabalu – Tanjung Aru Beach?
February–March, June and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 60 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kota Kinabalu – Tanjung Aru Beach?
193 species, from 14,516 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kota Kinabalu – Tanjung Aru Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue-naped Parrot, Asian Glossy Starling, Zebra Dove, White-breasted Woodswallow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.