Horornis brunnescens
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in the Himalayas of Nepal and India. It was formerly considered conspecific with the yellow-bellied bush warbler.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who worked in India. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's Bush-Warbler sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 316th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hume's Bush-Warbler in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–July and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hume's Bush-Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Hume's Bush-Warbler sightings, Royal Manas National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Langtang National Park (Nepal, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hume's Bush-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (11 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.
