Spectacled Bulbul

When to see the Spectacled Bulbul

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

Where to see the Spectacled Bulbul

The map shades 4 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 Myanmar (Burma).

About the Spectacled Bulbul

The spectacled bulbul, also known as the lesser brown bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. The spectacled bulbul was originally described in the genus Ixos.

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Easily confused with

Black-capped BulbulRubigula melanicteraThe black-capped bulbul is virtually crestless and has a yellow throat and brownish eyes. Grey-bellied BulbulRubigula cyaniventrisThe grey-bellied bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family. Scaly-breasted BulbulRubigula squamataThe scaly-breasted bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family.