Wildlife of Kinabalu Park
protected area · Malaysia
Kinabalu Park is a protected area in Malaysia covering about 765 km². Our database links 26 mammals and 349 birds species to it, and it features in 3 trip reports.
What wildlife can you see at Kinabalu Park?
At least 26 mammal and 349 bird species are recorded at Kinabalu Park (GBIF records and our guides; small mammals and bats are under-recorded). Species visitors look for include Whitehead's Broadbill, Whitehead's Trogon, Whitehead's Spiderhunter, Crimson-headed Partridge and Mountain Serpent-Eagle.
Species to look for
Mammals most often recorded
- Mountain Treeshrew 75 rec.
- Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel 70 rec.
- Kinabalu Rat 39 rec.
- Borneo Black-banded Squirrel 27 rec.
- Jentink's Squirrel 17 rec.
- Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat 15 rec.
- Tufted Pygmy Squirrel 15 rec.
- Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew 13 rec.
- Javan Short-tailed Gymnure 13 rec.
- Prevost's Squirrel 12 rec.
- Least Pygmy Squirrel 7 rec.
- Slender Treeshrew 7 rec.
- Roof Rat 7 rec.
- Mountain Giant Rat 7 rec.
- Kinabalu Squirrel 6 rec.
- Müller's Rat 6 rec.
- Common Whiskered Myotis 6 rec.
- Large Treeshrew 5 rec.
- Maroon Langur 5 rec.
- Small-toothed Palm Civet 4 rec.
6 more mammals on the full list.
Birds most often recorded
- Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush 6,649 rec.
- Bornean Treepie 5,963 rec.
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina 5,484 rec.
- Golden-naped Barbet 5,479 rec.
- Bornean Whistler 5,259 rec.
- Mountain Leaf Warbler 5,202 rec.
- Indigo Flycatcher 4,964 rec.
- Temminck's Sunbird 4,941 rec.
- Yellow-breasted Warbler 4,776 rec.
- Black-capped White-eye 4,755 rec.
- White-throated Fantail 4,544 rec.
- Bornean Whistling-Thrush 4,486 rec.
- Gray-throated Babbler 4,182 rec.
- Ashy Drongo 3,882 rec.
- Gray-chinned Minivet 3,857 rec.
- Mountain Tailorbird 3,823 rec.
- Little Cuckoo-Dove 3,821 rec.
- Plume-toed Swiftlet 3,749 rec.
- Ochraceous Bulbul 3,598 rec.
- Black-sided Flowerpecker 3,542 rec.
- Hair-crested Drongo 3,413 rec.
- Little Pied Flycatcher 3,209 rec.
- Crimson-headed Partridge 3,086 rec.
- Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher 2,835 rec.
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler 2,774 rec.
- Mountain Imperial-Pigeon 2,710 rec.
- Bornean Forktail 2,610 rec.
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher 2,492 rec.
- Bornean Stubtail 2,338 rec.
- Whitehead's Broadbill 2,299 rec.
319 more birds on the full list.
Trip reports from Kinabalu Park
- Sabah Birding Trip Report: Bristleheads & Broadbills 2026 — Wise Birding Holidays
- Borneo Birding Trip Report: Broadbills & Bristleheads 2022 — Tropical Birding
- Sabah, Borneo, July 2022 Trip Report — Jon Hall (mammalwatching.com)
Nearby wildlife sites
- Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park 75 km · 211 species
In our guides
Visiting tips, access and seasons: Kinabalu Park in our Borneo guide.
GBIF download for Malaysia: doi:10.15468/dl.ck39ea.
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.