Red-vented Bulbul

Where to see

Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Udawalawe National Park leads · 25 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-vented Bulbul during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Udawalawe National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~80%
2 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
3 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~80%
4 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
5 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
6 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~80%
7 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
8 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~70%
11 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~70%
12 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
13 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
14 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~70%
15 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
16 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
17 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~70%
18 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
19 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
20 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
21 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
22 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~40%
23 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
24 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
25 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Red-vented Bulbul?

Udawalawe National Park

In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Red-vented Bulbul sighting on a given day, the highest of the 25 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Red-vented Bulbul?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February, May and September–November in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), May to July in Ranthambore National Park (about 90%) and May in Yala National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-vented Bulbul on a given day. Each park's Red-vented Bulbul page has the full month-by-month chart.