Ixos sumatranus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Sumatran bulbul (Ixos sumatranus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sumatran Bulbul sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 91 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 75th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sumatran Bulbul in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–May, July and September–October, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sumatran Bulbul 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 Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sumatran Bulbul sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Sumatran 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 Sumatran Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (91 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.
