Locustella kashmirensis
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The West Himalayan bush warbler (Locustella kashmirensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in the northwestern Himalayas. It was previously considered conspecific with the spotted bush warbler.
Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a West Himalayan Bush-Warbler sighting in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 348th most-seen of the 368 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a West Himalayan Bush-Warbler in Jim Corbett National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most West Himalayan Bush-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Jim Corbett National Park, in our data
Jim Corbett National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate West Himalayan Bush-Warbler sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the West Himalayan Bush-Warbler that you can see in Jim Corbett National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are White-cheeked Bulbul (about 60%), Jungle Babbler (about 60%) and Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the West Himalayan Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jim Corbett National Park (6 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.
