Cerasophila thompsoni
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-headed bulbul (Hypsipetes thompsoni) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Myanmar and north-western Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
The white-headed bulbul was previously placed in the monotypic genus Cerasophila (literally meaning "cherry-lover"). Following recently molecular phylogenetic studies, it is now placed in the genus Hypsipetes. Alternate names for the white-headed bulbul include Bingham's bulbul and brown-vented bulbul.
Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164–166. PDF fulltext Wikipedia →
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Thailand · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-headed Bulbul sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 203 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 367 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.
February–May, August and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-headed Bulbul in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, June–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-headed 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.
Only Doi Inthanon National Park, in our data
Doi Inthanon National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-headed Bulbul sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the White-headed Bulbul that you can see in Doi Inthanon National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Black-crested Bulbul (about 50%), Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 40%) and Mountain Bulbul (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-headed Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (203 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.
