Aberrant Bush-Warbler

Aberrant Bush-Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Jim Corbett National Park

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

38 Verified sightings at Jim Corbett National Park From 2019 to 2026
1,139 In all 6 parks
January Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Aberrant Bush-Warbler

The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in central and southern China, and the northern extremes of Myanmar and Vietnam. It occurs in the countries of Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam and also may occur in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.

The aberrant bush warbler was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on a specimen collected in Nepal. He placed the species in the genus Neornis and coined the binomial name Neornis flavolivacea. The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green". The aberrant bush warbler is now placed in the genus Horornis that was introduced in 1845 by Brian Hodgson.

Thirteen subspecies are recognised: H. f... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:08

China · 2025

© Jelle Scharringa · XC1019766 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:15

Malaysia · 2024

© Lim Ying Hien · XC953606 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:39

Thailand · 2024

© Peter Ericsson · XC955228 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
2 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
3 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
5 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
2 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Aberrant Bush-Warbler in Jim Corbett National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Aberrant Bush-Warbler sighting in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 254th most-seen of the 368 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Aberrant Bush-Warbler in Jim Corbett National Park?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Aberrant Bush-Warbler in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see an Aberrant Bush-Warbler?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Aberrant Bush-Warbler 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.

Is Jim Corbett National Park the best place to see an Aberrant Bush-Warbler?

5th of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Aberrant Bush-Warbler sightings, Jim Corbett National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 40%), Langtang National Park (Nepal, about 10%) and Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 10%).

Where does the Aberrant Bush-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Aberrant Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jim Corbett National Park (38 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.

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