Malaysia · Sabah
Tawau Hills Park
243 species and 6,811 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reddish Scops OwlOtus rufescens
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
Horsfield's BabblerMalacocincla sepiaria
Purple-naped SpiderhunterKurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon
Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardii
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
Grey-and-buff WoodpeckerHemicircus concretus
Great EgretArdea alba
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra
Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Danum Valley Field Centre56 km333 species
- Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge64 km331 species
All 243 species recorded here
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Blue-headed Pitta Hydrornis baudii
- Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Penan Bulbul Alophoixus ruficrissus
- Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Black-throated Wren-Babbler Turdinus atrigularis
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tawau Hills Park?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tawau Hills Park?
243 species, from 6,811 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tawau Hills Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Moorhen, Reddish Scops Owl, Rufous-tailed Tailorbird, Horsfield's Babbler and Purple-naped Spiderhunter.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.