Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Chlorocichla flaviventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestCup nestSmall · 39 g

What the Yellow-bellied Greenbul sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-bellied Greenbul: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Louis A. Hansen · Song · Arabuko-Sokoke, T-junction at Elephant road, Kenya · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Yellow-bellied Greenbul

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 12 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 Nigeria.

About the Yellow-bellied Greenbul

The yellow-bellied greenbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern, southern and west-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

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