Malaysia · Sabah
Tempasuk Plain
196 species and 8,238 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October–November, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Wandering Whistling DuckDendrocygna arcuata
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta79 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 196 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tempasuk Plain – Jalan Sangkhir Rice Paddies/Wetland1 km165 species
- Pulau Mantanani Besar37 km169 species
- Kinabalu Park – Timpohon Gate42 km120 species
- Kinabalu Park – Power Station Road42 km138 species
- Kinabalu Park – Kiau View/Silau Silau Trail Junction42 km95 species
- Kinabalu Park – Road to Timpohon Gate Road42 km135 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tempasuk Plain?
January and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tempasuk Plain?
196 species, from 8,238 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tempasuk Plain in November?
The most recorded in November: Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Dove, Black-winged Kite and Zebra Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.