Hemixos flavala
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Bulbul sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 618 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 298 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Ashy Bulbul in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against about 30% in April and November, the lowest months. That is one of Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.
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.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Ashy Bulbul sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Ashy Bulbul that you can see in Namdapha National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Ashy-fronted Bearded Bulbul (about 70%), Black Bulbul (about 20%) and Black-crested Bulbul (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ashy Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Namdapha National Park (618 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.
