Phyllastrephus terrestris
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul sighting in Lower Zambezi National Park on a given day, based on 84 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 77th most-seen of the 241 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.
January and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul in Lower Zambezi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May–June and September–October, the lowest months. Those are among Lower Zambezi National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against almost none in September. February and March have too few records to rate.
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.
3rd of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Terrestrial Brownbul sightings, Lower Zambezi National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 30%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Terrestrial Brownbul that you can see in Lower Zambezi National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Yellow-bellied Greenbul (about 40%) and Sombre 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 Lower Zambezi National Park (84 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.
