Pycnonotus plumosus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It eats fruit and insects. Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 12 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olive-winged Bulbul sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 91 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 153rd most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May, July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olive-winged Bulbul in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in June, August, October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Olive-winged Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Olive-winged Bulbul sightings, Danum Valley Conservation Area ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia, about 50%), Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 40%) and Sepilok (Malaysia, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Pycnonotus
The closest relatives of the Olive-winged Bulbul that you can see in Danum Valley Conservation Area (genus Pycnonotus, Typical Bulbuls) are Red-eyed Bulbul (about 40%), Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 20%) and Cream-vented Bulbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Olive-winged Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Danum Valley Conservation Area (91 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
