Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)  
Genus: Pycnonotus (34 species)


Sooty-headed Bulbul
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Range: OR: se Asia
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Common Bulbul
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
Range: AF: ne, n, w, c
Philadelphia Zoo, Pennsylvania, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


View image by Vinchel Budihardjo on BirdPhotos.com
Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane c, s Sumatra and Java
 



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Ayeyarwady Bulbul (Pycnonotus blanfordi)
Range: OR: Myanmar
 



Asian Red-eyed Bulbul
Asian Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus brunneus)
Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-vented Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Range: OR: Himalayas, India, Myanmar
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Possible immature lacking red vent.

Cape Bulbul
Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis)
Range: AF: w, s South Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Ashy-fronted Bulbul (Pycnonotus cinereifrons)
Range: OR: Palawan (sw Philippines)
 



Streak-eared Bulbul
Streak-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi)
Range: OR: Thailand and n, c Malay Pen. to s Indochina
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Pale-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus davisoni)
Range: OR: w, sc, se Myanmar
 



Dodson's Bulbul
Dodson's Bulbul (Pycnonotus dodsoni)
Range: AF: n Somalia and se Ethiopia to ec Kenya
Dubuluk, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Stripe-throated Bulbul
Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
Range: OR: s China, Thailand, s Indochina and Malay Pen.
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Flavescent Bulbul
Flavescent Bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens vividus)
Range: OR: se Asia
Mae Wong National Park, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-vented Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Range: OR: s se Asia to Philippines, Borneo and Sumbawa (w Lesser Sundas)
Kent Ridge Park, Singapore  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Range: OR: widespread
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Himalayan Bulbul
Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
Range: PAL: Himalayas
India  
 
Photograph by Sylvère Corre   © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-faced Bulbul
Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops)
Range: OR: montane Borneo
Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info

Found in primary forest in Borneo from about 900m to 3500m.

White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Range: PAL: sw
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Bulbul
White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus luteolus)
Range: OR: India
Bangalore, India  
 
Photograph by Sai Adikarla     Copyright and usage info


African Red-eyed Bulbul
African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
Range: AF: sw
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-eared Bulbul
Yellow-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus)
Range: OR: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-winged Bulbul
Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus plumosus)
Range: OR: s Myanmar and s Thailand, Malay Pen., Greater Sundas
Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Cream-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex)
Range: OR: Borneo
 



Cream-vented Bulbul
Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex simplex)
Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and Java
Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Light-vented Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis formosae)
Range: OR: c, s China, n Vietnam, Taiwan
Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


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Aceh Bulbul (Pycnonotus snouckaerti) Endangered
Range: OR: montane nw Sumatra
 



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Somali Bulbul (Pycnonotus somaliensis)
Range: AF: Djibouti, nw Somalia and ne Ethiopia
 



Styan's Bulbul
Styan's Bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus) Vulnerable
Range: OR: Taiwan
Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Dark-capped Bulbul
Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor tricolor)
Range: AF: c, e, se
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Spot-necked Bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus) Near Threatened
Range: OR: montane Sumatra
 



Yellow-throated Bulbul
Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) Vulnerable
Range: OR: India
Karnataka, India  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


White-spectacled Bulbul
White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Range: PAL: s Turkey and Syria to Yemen and Oman
Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


Brown-breasted Bulbul
Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous xanthorrhous)
Range: OR: c, s China to Myanmar and n Thailand
Doi Angkhang, Chiangmai, Thailand  
 
Photograph by Somchai Kanchanasut   © All Rights Reserved.


Straw-headed Bulbul
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) Critically Endangered
Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra (where perhaps extinct), Java (where probably extinct) and Borneo
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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