Criniger barbatus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The western bearded greenbul (Criniger barbatus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The western bearded greenbul was formally described and illustrated in 1821 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck from a specimen collected in Sierra Leone. He coined the binomial name Trichophorus barbatus. Some authorities formerly considered the eastern bearded greenbul as conspecific with this species.
Two subspecies are recognized: Criniger barbatus barbatus (Temminck, 1821) – Found from Sierra Leone to Benin Criniger barbatus ansorgeanus Hartert, E, 1907 – Found in southern Nigeria
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Bulbul sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bearded Bulbul in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–May, July and October, the lowest months. That is one of Kakum National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 35 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bearded Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Bearded Bulbul sightings, Kakum National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bearded Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (70 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.
