Pycnonotus plumosus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It eats fruit and insects. Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 12 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Olive-winged Bulbul sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 1,042 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 242 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.
September
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Olive-winged Bulbul in Sepilok on a given day, against about 30% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Olive-winged Bulbul 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 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Olive-winged Bulbul sightings, Sepilok ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia, about 50%) and Bako National Park (Malaysia, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Pycnonotus
The closest relatives of the Olive-winged Bulbul that you can see in Sepilok (genus Pycnonotus, Typical Bulbuls) are Red-eyed Bulbul (about 50%), Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 50%) and Cream-vented Bulbul (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Olive-winged Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (1,042 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.
