Bleda canicapillus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The grey-headed bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps.
The grey-headed bristlebill was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Bristlebill sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 74 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-headed Bristlebill sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gray-headed Bristlebill sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-headed Bristlebill that you can see in Taï National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Little Greenbul (about 20%), Bearded Bulbul (about 20%) and Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-headed Bristlebill is recorded against all the birds logged in Taï National Park (5 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.
