Chestnut Bulbul

When to see the Chestnut Bulbul

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut Bulbul

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Thailand.

About the Chestnut Bulbul

The chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests; it primarily resides in the canopy.

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Easily confused with

Ashy BulbulHemixos flavalaThe ashy bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. Cinereous BulbulHemixos cinereusThe cinereous bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.