Red-tailed Greenbul

Red-tailed Greenbul

Criniger calurus

Silhouette: PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Taï National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

5 Verified sightings at Taï National Park From 2019 to 2026
856 In all 4 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Red-tailed Greenbul

The red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, native to the African tropical rainforest. Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul.

Three subspecies are recognized. Found from Senegal to south-western Nigeria Image at ADW Wikipedia →

Sounds

Uncertain0:17

Ghana · 2001

© András Schmidt · XC745802 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:27

Uganda · 2022

© Peter Boesman · XC739619 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:21

Ivory Coast · 2022

© Étienne Leroy · XC727120 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
2 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
3 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
~10%
4 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red-tailed Greenbul in Taï National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-tailed Greenbul 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.

What time of day is best to see a Red-tailed Greenbul?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-tailed Greenbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Taï National Park the best place to see a Red-tailed Greenbul?

3rd of 4

Of the 4 parks where we can rate Red-tailed Greenbul sightings, Taï National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 60%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%).

Where does the Red-tailed Greenbul sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red-tailed Greenbul 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.

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