Hemixos cinereus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul in Kinabalu Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cinereous Bulbul sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 10%) and Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, under 5%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Bulbul that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Ochraceous Bulbul (about 50%), Flavescent 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 Cinereous Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabalu Park (58 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.
