Malaysia · Sabah
Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery Center
343 species and 119,760 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, June–August and October, with up to 226 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus
Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
Green IoraAegithina viridissima
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalus
Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus hirundinaceus
Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sepilok Bed & Breakfast0 km188 species
- Sepilok Nature Resort1 km227 species
- Sepilok Jungle Resort1 km229 species
- Sepilok – Orang-utan sanctuary & forest reserve2 km287 species
- Sepilok Forest Edge Resort2 km213 species
- Gomantong Cave & forest reserve41 km284 species
All 343 species recorded here
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Penan Bulbul Alophoixus ruficrissus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Brown-backed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa everetti
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
- Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Black-throated Wren-Babbler Turdinus atrigularis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus
- Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria
- Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
- Bornean Bulbul Rubigula montis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Temminck's Babbler Pellorneum pyrrogenys
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Sunda Cuckooshrike Coracina larvata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rail-babbler Eupetes macrocerus
- Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
- Bornean Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Javan Oriole Oriolus cruentus
- Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Pygmy Heleia Heleia squamifrons
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Vauriella gularis
- Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
- Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery Center?
March, June–August and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 226 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery Center?
343 species, from 119,760 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Hornbill, Ashy Tailorbird, Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, Green Iora and Greater Racket-tailed Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.