Hypsipetes madagascariensis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Malagasy bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on Madagascar and other regional islands in the south-western Indian Ocean. The Malagasy bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus. Alternative names for the Malagasy bulbul include the black bulbul, Madagascar black bulbul, and Madagascar bulbul. The alternate name 'black bulbul' should not be confused with the species of the same name, Hypsipetes leucocephalus, with which it was formerly considered as conspecific.
Data related to Hypsipetes madagascariensis at Wikispecies Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 4 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Bulbul sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 493 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 69 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and April–May
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Bulbul in Antananarivo on a given day, against about 30% in March, August and December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascar Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Madagascar Bulbul sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Madagascar Bulbul that you can see in Antananarivo (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Madagascar Fody (about 90%), Malagasy Brush Warbler (about 50%) and Madagascar White-eye (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Madagascar Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Antananarivo (493 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
