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Straw-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus zeylanicus

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 86 g
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 1
Photo: York Niu · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 2
Photo: York Niu · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 3
Photo: Nicola Crockford · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 4
Photo: Nicola Crockford · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 5
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 6
Photo: Flickr user NatureAtYourBackyard . Photo uploaded to commons by user ltshears · CC BY 2.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 7
Photo: USFWS Headquarters · Public domain
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 8
Photo: USFWS Headquarters · Public domain
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 9
Photo: York Niu · CC BY 4.0
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), photo 10
Photo: (c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Straw-headed Bulbul

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

Where to see the Straw-headed Bulbul

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Singapore Malaysia

About the Straw-headed Bulbul

The straw-headed bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss and poaching from humans.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus) Orange-spotted BulbulPycnonotus bimaculatusUp to 20 cm long. Spot-necked Bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus) Spot-necked BulbulPycnonotus tympanistrigusThe spot-necked bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. Streak-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi) Streak-eared BulbulPycnonotus conradiThe streak-eared bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.

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