Wildlife of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park
national park · Indonesia
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is a national park in Indonesia covering about 3,156 km². Our database links 31 mammals and 274 birds species to it.
What wildlife can you see at Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park?
At least 31 mammal and 274 bird species are recorded at Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Malayan Tapir, Sun Bear and Rhinoceros Hornbill.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain 25 rec.
- Southern Pig-tailed Macaque 19 rec.
- Eurasian Wild Pig 19 rec.
- Southern Red Muntjac 18 rec.
- Malayan Porcupine 15 rec.
- Sambar 14 rec.
- Malayan Tapir 14 rec.
- Asian Golden Cat 13 rec.
- Sun Bear 13 rec.
- Mainland Leopard Cat 13 rec.
- Tiger 13 rec.
- Banded Palm Civet 12 rec.
- Asian Elephant 11 rec.
- Marbled Cat 11 rec.
- Sunda Clouded Leopard 11 rec.
- Masked Palm Civet 11 rec.
- Gray Wolf 10 rec.
- Yellow-throated Marten 9 rec.
- Banded Linsang 9 rec.
- Long-tailed Macaque 7 rec.
11 more mammals on the full list.
Birds most often recorded
- Black-browed Barbet 98 rec.
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill 91 rec.
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher 89 rec.
- Brown Fulvetta 89 rec.
- Rhinoceros Hornbill 83 rec.
- Sunda Scimitar-Babbler 80 rec.
- Sumatran Trogon 80 rec.
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 77 rec.
- Spotted Fantail 74 rec.
- Gold-whiskered Barbet 73 rec.
- Banded Broadbill 71 rec.
- Sumatran Ground-Cuckoo 68 rec.
- Little Spiderhunter 61 rec.
- Red-throated Barbet 59 rec.
- Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher 59 rec.
- Golden Babbler 59 rec.
- Little Cuckoo-Dove 57 rec.
- Horsfield's Babbler 57 rec.
- Plume-toed Swiftlet 55 rec.
- Rufous-browed Flycatcher 52 rec.
- Indian Paradise-Flycatcher 52 rec.
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma 51 rec.
- Sumatran Babbler 50 rec.
- Malaysian Eared-Nightjar 50 rec.
- Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant 49 rec.
- Malayan Black Magpie 49 rec.
- Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 48 rec.
- Red-eyed Bulbul 48 rec.
- Gray-throated Babbler 47 rec.
- Red-bearded Bee-eater 46 rec.
244 more birds on the full list.
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in our Sumatra guide.
GBIF download for Indonesia: doi:10.15468/dl.d3e3hp.
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.