Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler

Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler

Horornis acanthizoides

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Chengdu

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

8 Verified sightings at Chengdu
1,526 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler

The yellow-bellied bush warbler (Horornis acanthizoides), also known as the yellowish-bellied bush warbler, is a species of bush warbler in the family Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found on mainland China and Taiwan. Hume's bush warbler was formerly considered conspecific. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:35

China · 2026

© Yang Li · XC1146872 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Uncertain0:11

Taiwan · 2025

© Peter Ericsson · XC986176 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:12

China · 2024

© Peter Boesman · XC916239 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~30%
2 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~20%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler in Chengdu?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler sighting in Chengdu on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 141st most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler in Chengdu?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler in Chengdu on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler?

Only Chengdu, in our data

Chengdu is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Chengdu (8 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.

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