Stelgidillas gracilirostris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The slender-billed greenbul (Stelgidillas gracilirostris) is a species in the monotypic genus Stelgidillas of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in western and central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The slender-billed greenbul was formally described in 1844 by the English naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland under the binomial name Andropadus gracilirostris from a specimen collected on the island of Fernando Pó (now Bioko) off the west coast of Africa.
A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbuls published in 2007 found that Andropadus was non-monophyletic. In the subsequent rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the slender-billed greenbul was moved to the genus Stelgidillas that had been introduced by Harry C. Oberholser in 1899.
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Stelgidillas: Toro olive greenbul (as Stelgidillas hypochloris) Two subspecies of the slender-billed greenbul are recognized:
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 6 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 7 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Greenbul sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 159 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender-billed Greenbul in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender-billed Greenbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Slender-billed Greenbul sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 40%), Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 30%) and Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 20%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Slender-billed Greenbul that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (about 50%) and Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender-billed Greenbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (159 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.
