Avibase: Thescelocichla leucopleura (Swamp Palm Bulbul)

Swamp Palm Bulbul

Thescelocichla leucopleura (Cassin, J 1855)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Albert Vrielink	2026-03-23	Odumase Abrafo, Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira, Central Region, Lower Denkyira (Ghana) (140 m)	song - high pass filter used	1092820 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	BurBenj	2021-06-10	Bekomi, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooué, Lékoko (Gabon) (600 m)	- [sono]	1120059 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Patrik Åberg	2017-11-06	Nsuta Forest, Western (former region) (Ghana) (60 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	400386 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2017-12-02	PN des Iles Éhotilé, Sud-Comoé, Sud-Comoé (Côte d'Ivoire) (20 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	395002 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Brendan Sloan	2021-11-04	Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (Ghana) (100 masl app m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	696204 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Peter Boesman	2022-03-12	Atewa Farmbush, Sagyimase, East Akim (Ghana)	call - [sono]	719529 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Jaap van der Waarde	2023-09-16	Sembe ETIC office, Sembé (Republic of the Congo) (480 m)	alarm call - No modification, only volume increase. Flock of birds very agitated in a raffia palm tree. Other birds were calling too, so I assumed there was an owl or snake in the tree, but I have not seen it. Farm bush next to village.	834280 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2017-01-15	Parc National de la Forêt de Taï, Bas-Sassandra (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (130 m)	song - Two birds near the Hanna River. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	353568 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Paul Lenrumé	2024-07-27	Track to Pointe Idolo, Komo-Mondah (Gabon) (10 m)	call, song - [sono]	926154 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2014-11-08	Lamto research center, Lagunes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (80 m)	call - Two birds on the edge of the river, in a frenzy. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	208440 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Jaap van der Waarde	2026-04-17	Lobeke National Park, Petite savanna , Boumba et Ngoko (Cameroon) (420 m)	song - No filtering, only volume increase. Birds are in teh trees bordering an open swamp space in the forest, a 'bai'. These trees are not high, they are midstory. Birds are in groups, very noisy, flying between clumps of trees, rarely flying into the open. Sunny afternoon	1102316 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Jaap van der Waarde	2026-04-17	Lobeke National Park, Petite savanna , Boumba et Ngoko (Cameroon) (420 m)	song - No filtering, only volume increase. Birds are in teh trees bordering an open swamp space in the forest, a 'bai'. These trees are not high, they are midstory. Birds are in groups, very noisy, flying between clumps of trees, rarely flying into the open. Sunny afternoon	1102315 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Alain Verneau	2023-01-03	Ankasa NP Ghana , Jomoro (Ghana) (40 m)	song - [also] [sono]	789102 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2019-08-30	Nyonié, Estuaire, Estuaire (Gabon) (70 m)	call, song - Various calls and song recorded at close range bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	497359 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Jacob C. Cooper	2016-01-12	American University of Central Africa (AUCA), Centro Sur (Equatorial Guinea) (650 m)	song - Singing in lowland palm swamp. eBird checklist. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	303036 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Peter Boesman	2022-03-12	Atewa Farmbush, Sagyimase, East Akim (Ghana)	call - [sono]	719530 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2016-02-19	Parc National du Banco, Lagunes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (30 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	305263 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Bram Piot	2015-08-01	Banco forest, near Abidjan, Lagunes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (30 m)	call, song - Two birds feeding high up in a tree in a forest clearing bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	265156 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Rolf A. de By	2016-01-15	feeder road to Sushen Forest, Central (Ghana) (135 m)	calls and song - Song, then calls, then communal calling bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	301476 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Michael Hurben	2017-10-31	Antwikwaa, Kakum National Park, Central (Ghana) (150 m)	call - At least two birds, perhaps four or five. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	392031 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	GABRIEL LEITE	2024-11-24	Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, Kubease, Ejisu-Juaben, Ashanti Region, Ejisu-Juabeng (Ghana) (260 m)	call, song - [sono]	954448 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Bram Piot	19-02-2011	Mount Barclay, Montserrado (Liberia) (25 m)	Song (B) -	71760 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Palm Bulbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	Étienne Leroy	2014-06-09	Taï Forest, Bas-Sassandra (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (130 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	202174 xeno-canto.org
Swamp Greenbul - Thescelocichla leucopleura	David Bree	2023-04-19	, Ashanti (Ghana)	-	569015931 macaulaylibrary.org

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