Bird AlbumMalaysia · Sabah
Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site & Education Centre
191 species and 7,733 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, June and August–September, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Striated HeronButorides striata
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
Common IoraAegithina tiphia
Sunda Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus38 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 191 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kota Kinabalu – Likas Lagoon2 km159 species
- Kota Kinabalu – Tanjung Aru Beach6 km193 species
- Penampang rice paddies & fields8 km177 species
- Crocker Range NP – Gunung Alab Substation33 km190 species
- Crocker Range NP – Rafflesia Information Centre37 km254 species
- Kinabalu Park – Road to Timpohon Gate Road50 km135 species
All 191 species recorded here
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Yellow-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus montis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site & Education Centre?
March, June and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site & Education Centre?
191 species, from 7,733 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site & Education Centre in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Striated Heron, Collared Kingfisher, Little Egret and Asian Glossy Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.