Pycnonotus tympanistrigus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The spot-necked bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The spot-necked bulbul was originally described in the genus Ixos and later placed in Pycnonotus. Alternate names for the spot-necked bulbul include the olive-crowned bulbul, olive-necked bulbul and small white-streaked bulbul. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-necked Bulbul sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-necked Bulbul in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-necked Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spot-necked Bulbul sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pycnonotus
The closest relatives of the Spot-necked Bulbul that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (genus Pycnonotus, Typical Bulbuls) are Orange-spotted Bulbul (about 30%), Sooty-headed Bulbul (about 20%) and Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-necked Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (17 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.
