Eurillas latirostris
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The yellow-whiskered greenbul or yellow-whiskered bulbul (Eurillas latirostris) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in western and central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
The yellow-whiskered greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and was re-classified to the genus Eurillas in 2010. Alternatively, some authorities classify the yellow-whiskered greenbul in the genus Pycnonotus.
Found from south-eastern Nigeria to southern Sudan, western Kenya, western Tanzania, south-central Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 7 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-whiskered Greenbul sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 195 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 55th most-seen of the 234 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July, September–October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-whiskered Greenbul in Nairobi on a given day, against about 10% in January–April, June, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-whiskered 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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Yellow-whiskered Greenbul sightings, Nairobi has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kampala (Uganda, under 5%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-whiskered Greenbul that you can see in Nairobi (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 80%) and Cabanis's Greenbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-whiskered Greenbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Nairobi (195 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.
