Bird Guide

Hook-billed Bulbul

Setornis criniger

VulnerableFruitForestSmall · 30 g

About the Hook-billed Bulbul

The hook-billed bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern Sumatra and Borneo, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. Alternate names for the hook-billed bulbul include the long hook-billed bulbul and long-billed bulbul.

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Where the Hook-billed Bulbul lives

Regular range

When to see the Hook-billed Bulbul

Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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