Ashy Bulbul

Ashy Bulbul

Hemixos flavala

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Khao Yai National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

389 Verified sightings at Khao Yai National Park From 2019 to 2026
3,063 In all 7 parks
March Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Ashy Bulbul

The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Formerly, some authorities classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:09

Vietnam · 2026

© Tim Dinh / Annambirding · XC1157948 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:37

India · 2024

© Lars Lachmann · XC882070 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Subsong0:28

Thailand · 2023

© Peter Ericsson · XC836657 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
~40%
2 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
3 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
4 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~20%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
6 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
7 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Ashy Bulbul in Khao Yai National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Bulbul sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 389 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 278 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.

When is the best time to see an Ashy Bulbul in Khao Yai National Park?

January–March and May

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Bulbul in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and July, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Ashy Bulbul?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ashy Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Which relatives of the Ashy Bulbul live in Khao Yai National Park?

Same family: Pycnonotidae

The closest relatives of the Ashy Bulbul that you can see in Khao Yai National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Black-crested Bulbul (about 80%), Gray-eyed Bulbul (about 50%) and Puff-throated Bulbul (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Ashy Bulbul sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Ashy Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Khao Yai National Park (389 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.

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