Ixonotus guttatus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The spotted greenbul (Ixonotus guttatus) or spotted bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is classified in the monotypic genus Ixonotus. It is widely spread throughout the African tropical rainforest, from Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ghana; southern Nigeria to Uganda, northern Tanzania, eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and extreme north-western Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Greenbul sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 116 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 89th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Greenbul in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and June, the lowest months. That is one of Kakum National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 250 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Greenbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Spotted Greenbul sightings, Kakum National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 30%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Spotted 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 Spotted Greenbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (116 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.
