Iole crypta
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The buff-vented bulbul (Iole crypta) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in south-eastern Myanmar, south-western Thailand, on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and nearby islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss. The former scientific name, Iole olivacea Blyth, 1844, has now been ruled as permanently invalid by the IOC. Some authorities have classified the buff-vented bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis. Formerly, Charlotte's bulbul was considered as conspecific with the buff-vented bulbul until split by the IOC in 2017. Alternate names for the buff-vented bulbul include the crested olive bulbul, dull-brown bulbul and Finsch's olive bulbul. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-vented Bulbul sighting in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th most-seen of the 205 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-vented Bulbul in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, June and September, the lowest months. November to February have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-vented 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Buff-vented Bulbul sightings, Way Kambas National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 30%).
Same family: Pycnonotidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-vented Bulbul that you can see in Way Kambas National Park (family Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls) are Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 50%), Cream-vented Bulbul (about 40%) and Olive-winged Bulbul (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-vented Bulbul is recorded against all the birds logged in Way Kambas National Park (60 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.
