Hemixos cinereus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The cinereous bulbul (Hemixos cinereus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. The cinereous bulbul was originally classified in the genus Iole. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the ashy bulbul.
Found in northern Borneo Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul sighting in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 293 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Bulbul in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Taman Negara National Park's driest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 330 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous Bulbul sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cinereous Bulbul sightings, Taman Negara National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Bulbul that you can see in Taman Negara National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Red-eyed Bulbul (about 50%), Stripe-throated Bulbul (about 40%) and Spectacled Bulbul (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Taman Negara National Park (29 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.
