Free field guide to Kinabalu Park

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A free printable field guide to Kinabalu Park covers 26 mammals and 349 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 371 species and a tick-box checklist. It downloads as a PDF (A5 pocket size) or EPUB e-book. You choose the animal groups; the book is built in your browser in under a minute.

Inside the guide

Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush

Bornean Treepie

Chestnut-crested Yuhina

Golden-naped Barbet

Bornean Whistler

Mountain Leaf Warbler

Indigo Flycatcher

Temminck's Sunbird

How to make your Kinabalu Park field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Kinabalu Park is already selected).
2. Pick animal groups: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians come from a 20 km grid around the area).
3. Choose pocket or full size, then save as PDF or download the EPUB.

Checklist: mammals of Kinabalu Park (26)

Tupaiidae

• Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale melanura
• Slender Treeshrew Tupaia gracilis
• Mountain Treeshrew Tupaia montana
• Large Treeshrew Tupaia tana

Cercopithecidae

• Hose's Langur Presbytis hosei
• Maroon Langur Presbytis rubicunda

Hylobatidae

• Eastern Gray Gibbon Hylobates funereus

Sciuridae

• Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis
• Tufted Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi
• Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurus baluensis
• Borneo Black-banded Squirrel Callosciurus orestes
• Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
• Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel Sundasciurus everetti
• Jentink's Squirrel Sundasciurus jentinki
• Low's Squirrel Sundasciurus lowii

Muridae

• Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys sabanus
• Sundaic Arboreal White-bellied Rat Niviventer cremoriventer
• Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis
• Roof Rat Rattus rattus
• Mountain Giant Rat Sundamys infraluteus
• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri

Erinaceidae

• Javan Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys suillus

Soricidae

• Kinabalu White-toothed Shrew Crocidura baluensis

Vespertilionidae

• Hardwicke's Woolly Bat Kerivoula hardwickii
• Common Whiskered Myotis Myotis mystacinus

Viverridae

• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata

Checklist: birds of Kinabalu Park (349)

Phasianidae

• Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
• Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra
• Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri
• Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
• Great Argus Argusianus argus
• Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Tropicoperdix charltonii
• Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus

Cuculidae

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
• Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
• Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
• Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
• Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
• Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
• Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
• Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
• Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
• Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
• Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
• Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus

Columbidae

• Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
• Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
• Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Little Green-Pigeon Treron olax
• Pink-necked Green-Pigeon Treron vernans
• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
• Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia
• Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea
• Jambu Fruit-Dove Ramphiculus jambu

Rallidae

• Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

Scolopacidae

• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Anhingidae

• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

Ardeidae

• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Caprimulgidae

• Malaysian Eared-Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii
• Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka

Podargidae

• Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus
• Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis
• Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus

Hemiprocnidae

• Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
• Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

Apodidae

• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
• Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
• Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• Bornean Swiftlet Collocalia dodgei
• Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
• Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
• Waterfall Swift Hydrochous gigas
• Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
• White-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus

Tytonidae

• Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius

Strigidae

• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
• Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
• Reddish Scops-Owl Otus rufescens
• Mountain Scops-Owl Otus spilocephalus
• Sunda Scops-Owl Otus lempiji
• Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
• Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica

Accipitridae

• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Mountain Serpent-Eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis
• Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
• Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
• Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
• Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
• Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
• Lesser Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga humilis

Trogonidae

• Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
• Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
• Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus
• Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
• Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi
• Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba

Bucerotidae

• White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
• Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
• Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
• Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
• Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
• Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
• Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus

Coraciidae

• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

Meropidae

• Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis

Alcedinidae

• Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
• Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
• Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
• Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

Megalaimidae

• Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
• Bornean Barbet Psilopogon eximius
• Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
• Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
• Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
• Golden-naped Barbet Psilopogon pulcherrimus
• Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii
• Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola
• Gold-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon

Indicatoridae

• Malaysian Honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus

Picidae

• Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
• Gray-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
• Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
• Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
• Zebra Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis
• Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
• Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
• Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
• Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
• Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
• Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis

Falconidae

• White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Psittaculidae

• Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
• Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
• Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot Loriculus galgulus

Eurylaimidae

• Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
• Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
• Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
• Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Calyptomenidae

• Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii
• Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
• Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis

Pittidae

• Blue-banded Pitta Erythropitta arquata
• Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
• Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
• Bornean Banded-Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
• Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida

Acanthizidae

• Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea

Campephagidae

• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
• Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
• Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
• Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
• Sunda Cuckooshrike Coracina larvata
• Pied Triller Lalage nigra
• Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata

Artamidae

• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus

Aegithinidae

• Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

Vangidae

• Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
• Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
• Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus

Vireonidae

• White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
• White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca

Oriolidae

• Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
• Ventriloquial Oriole Oriolus consobrinus
• Javan Oriole Oriolus cruentus

Pachycephalidae

• Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha

Rhipiduridae

• Malaysian Pied-Fantail Rhipidura javanica
• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
• Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata

Dicruridae

• Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Monarchidae

• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
• Indian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

Platylophidae

• Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus

Laniidae

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

Corvidae

• Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
• Sumatran Treepie Dendrocitta occipitalis
• Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens
• Bornean Green-Magpie Cissa jefferyi
• Sunda Crow Corvus enca

Stenostiridae

• Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

Cisticolidae

• Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
• Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris

Locustellidae

• Friendly Bush Warbler Locustella accentor
• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris

Hirundinidae

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
• Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus

Cettiidae

• Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi
• Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
• Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus

Phylloscopidae

• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Yellow-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus montis
• Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus

Pycnonotidae

• Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
• Spectacled Bulbul Rubigula erythropthalmos
• Gray-bellied Bulbul Rubigula cyaniventris
• Scaly-breasted Bulbul Rubigula squamata
• Bornean Bulbul Rubigula montis
• Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
• Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
• Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
• Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
• Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
• Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
• Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
• Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
• Brown-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres
• Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
• Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
• Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus
• Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis

Zosteropidae

• Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti
• Pygmy Heleia Heleia squamifrons
• Hume's White-eye Zosterops auriventer
• Mountain Black-eye Zosterops emiliae
• Swinhoe's White-eye Zosterops simplex
• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

Timaliidae

• Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
• Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
• Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
• Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
• Bare-headed Laughingthrush Melanocichla calva
• Javan Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
• Sunda Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus bornensis
• Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
• Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
• Gray-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
• Gray-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
• White-necked Babbler Stachyris leucotis

Pellorneidae

• Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
• Gray-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare
• Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
• Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
• Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
• Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
• Short-tailed Babbler Pellorneum malaccense
• Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
• White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
• Temminck's Babbler Pellorneum pyrrogenys
• Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata
• Bornean Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla leucogrammica
• Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota
• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
• Mountain Wren-Babbler Gypsophila crassa

Leiothrichidae

• Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda
• Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus
• Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Pterorhinus treacheri

Sittidae

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

Sturnidae

• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus

Turdidae

• Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti
• Fruit-hunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi
• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
• Chestnut-capped Thrush Geokichla interpres
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Tasman Sea Island-Thrush Turdus poliocephalus

Muscicapidae

• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• Rufous-tailed Shama Copsychus pyrropygus
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
• Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
• Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus
• Gray-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
• Philippine Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis ruficauda
• Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
• Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
• Dayak Blue Flycatcher Cyornis montanus
• Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
• Bornean Forktail Enicurus borneensis
• Bornean Whistling-Thrush Myophonus borneensis
• Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Vauriella gularis
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• Bornean Shortwing Brachypteryx erythrogyna
• Javan Shortwing Brachypteryx montana
• Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
• Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
• Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria

Dicaeidae

• Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
• Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus
• Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
• Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

Nectariniidae

• Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
• Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
• Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae
• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
• Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
• Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera affinis
• Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
• Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
• Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
• Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
• Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
• Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
• Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

Chloropseidae

• Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis
• Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon

Irenidae

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

Estrildidae

• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
• White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
• Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
• Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch Erythrura hyperythra

Passeridae

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Motacillidae

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
• Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

More about the wildlife here: Wildlife of Kinabalu Park. Order follows AviList (birds) and the Mammal Diversity Database (mammals).

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.