Hemixos cinereus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The cinereous bulbul (Hemixos cinereus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. The cinereous bulbul was originally classified in the genus Iole. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the ashy bulbul.
Found in northern Borneo Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 71 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 203 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.
July–August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, June and October–November, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cinereous Bulbul sightings, Kerinci Seblat National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, under 5%) and Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, under 5%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Bulbul that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Spot-necked Bulbul (about 30%), Orange-spotted Bulbul (about 30%) and Sooty-headed Bulbul (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (71 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.
