Phyllastrephus strepitans
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The northern brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
The northern brownbul was originally described in the genus Criniger. Alternate names include the East African scrub bulbul and northern brown bulbul. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Brownbul sighting in Mombasa on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 146 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.
February to April
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Brownbul in Mombasa on a given day, against about 20% in December, the lowest month.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Brownbul 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 Mombasa, in our data
Mombasa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Northern Brownbul sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Northern Brownbul that you can see in Mombasa (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 70%), Sombre Greenbul (about 60%) and Yellow-bellied Greenbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Brownbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Mombasa (82 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.
