Phyllastrephus terrestris
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% 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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul sighting in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, based on 166 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 275 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to January
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Terrestrial Brownbul in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month. Those are among Mana Pools National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. March has 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.
Yes
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Terrestrial Brownbul sightings, Mana Pools National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come 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 Mana Pools National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Yellow-bellied Greenbul (about 50%) 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 Mana Pools National Park (166 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.
