Gray-olive Greenbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Phyllastrephus cerviniventris

Silhouette: PhyloPic

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

In 3 days <5%

7 Verified sightings at Nairobi
140 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Gray-olive Greenbul

The grey-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:33

Zambia · 2024

© Dries Van de Loock · XC872304 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call1:10

Zambia · 2026

© Magnus Wadstein · XC1185108 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:29

Zambia · 2021

© Hans Matheve · XC699559 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~10%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
3 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
4 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
5 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
6 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
7 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gray-olive Greenbul in Nairobi?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-olive Greenbul sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 224th most-seen of the 234 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gray-olive Greenbul in Nairobi?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-olive Greenbul in Nairobi on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Gray-olive Greenbul?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-olive Greenbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Gray-olive Greenbul?

Only Nairobi, in our data

Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-olive Greenbul sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Gray-olive Greenbul sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gray-olive Greenbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi (7 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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