Pycnonotus luteolus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The white-browed bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in Sri Lanka and peninsular India. Largely olive coloured above with whitish underparts, it has a pale supercilium and a yellow vent. They are found in dense scrub habitats, where they skulk within vegetation and can be difficult to see although their loud and distinct burst of calls is distinctive.
It has olive-grey upperparts and whitish underparts. This species is identifiable by the white supercilium, white crescent below the eye, and dark eyestripe and moustachial stripe. The vent is yellowish and there is some yellow on the chin and moustache. The throat is, however, largely whitish unlike in the similar looking and sounding yellow-throated bulbul, which is found in rockier habitats. Three or four hair-like filoplumes are... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 14 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Bhubaneshwar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Puducherry | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Nagpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Bulbul sighting in Tiruchirappalli on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 90 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Bulbul in Tiruchirappalli on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and September, the lowest months. Those are among Tiruchirappalli's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Bulbul 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.
11th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate White-browed Bulbul sightings, Tiruchirappalli ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 50%), Mysuru (India, about 30%) and Bhubaneshwar (India, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-browed Bulbul that you can see in Tiruchirappalli (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are House Crow (about 80%), Black Drongo (about 70%) and Yellow-billed Babbler (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Tiruchirappalli (27 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.
