Phyllastrephus terrestris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The terrestrial brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Alternate names for the terrestrial brownbul include the bristle-necked brownbul, brownbul, scrub bulbul and terrestrial bulbul. (Terrestrial brownbul =) Terrestrial bulbul - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 7 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 11 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 13 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 14 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 840 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 164th most-seen of the 464 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. That is one of Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 110 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Terrestrial Brownbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Terrestrial Brownbul sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%), Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 30%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 30%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Terrestrial Brownbul that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Sombre Greenbul (about 20%) and Yellow-bellied Greenbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Terrestrial Brownbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Kruger National Park (840 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.
