Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCup nestSmall · 29 g

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 3 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jiro Iguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jiro Iguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

At 17.5–19 cm long the pale-faced bulbul is smaller than the flavescent bulbul, with which it was once lumped, which reach 21.5–22 cm in length. Its colouring is mainly brown or grey-brown, darker above than below, with a white or whitish face and throat, and bright yellow undertail-coverts.

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When to see the Pale-faced Bulbul

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pale-faced Bulbul

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 2 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.

Malaysia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Indonesia, Nepal.

About the Pale-faced Bulbul

The pale-faced bulbul is a songbird in the bulbul family. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.

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Easily confused with

Aceh BulbulPycnonotus snouckaertiThe Aceh bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds.

Streak-eared BulbulPycnonotus conradiThe streak-eared bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.

Spot-necked BulbulPycnonotus tympanistrigusThe spot-necked bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

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