Calyptocichla serinus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The golden greenbul (Calyptocichla serinus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds native to the African tropical rainforest. It is the only member of the genus Calyptocichla. The golden greenbul was originally described in the genus Criniger. It is not closely related to any of the other greenbul species, forming a separate clade from the two main clades which make up the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. Alternate names for the golden greenbul include the serene bulbul and serene greenbul.
The golden greenbul is brightly coloured for a greenbul due to its bright yellow belly and white throat; otherwise it is not particularly distinct in plumage, with unmarked olive upperparts, tail and wings. It has a long slender pinkish-brown bill, a feature not shared by other greenbuls.
The species is found in forests from Sierra Leone to Ghana; south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon to Central African Republic and extreme north-western Angola.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Greenbul sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 160 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Greenbul in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January and June–September, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Greenbul 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 Kakum National Park, in our data
Kakum National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden Greenbul sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Greenbul that you can see in Kakum National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 50%), Slender-billed Greenbul (about 50%) and Little Greenbul (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Greenbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (160 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.
