Black-headed Pitta

Black-headed Pitta

Erythropitta ussheri

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Hooded Pitta
LC

Hooded Pitta

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pitta sordida

20–30% · Possible
Blue-winged Pitta
LC

Blue-winged Pitta

Bird

Pitta moluccensis

<5% · Rare
Giant Pitta

Giant Pitta

Bird

Pitta caerulea

<5% · Rare
Blue-headed Pitta

Blue-headed Pitta

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pitta baudii

<5% · Rare
Bornean Banded-Pitta
LC

Bornean Banded-Pitta

Bird

Hydrornis schwaneri

Insufficient data
Slender-billed Crow
LC

Slender-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus enca

60–70% · Likely
Black-and-red Broadbill
LC

Black-and-red Broadbill

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

50–60% · Likely
Javan Myna
VU

Javan Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres javanicus

40–50% · Likely
Ashy Tailorbird
LC

Ashy Tailorbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Orthotomus ruficeps

40–50% · Likely
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
LC

Malaysian Pied-Fantail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhipidura javanica

40–50% · Likely
White-crowned Shama

White-crowned Shama

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus stricklandii

30–40% · Possible
White-chested Babbler

White-chested Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trichastoma rostratum

30–40% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
<5
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
<5
Aug
0–10
Sep
<5
Oct
0–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
40–50%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
0–10%
3 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-headed Pitta in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Black-headed Pitta sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 122 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black-headed Pitta in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

December has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Pitta in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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