Yellow-vented Bulbul

When to see the Yellow-vented Bulbul

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

Where to see the Yellow-vented Bulbul

The map shades 12 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 Taiwan.

About the Yellow-vented Bulbul

The yellow-vented bulbul, or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines. It is found in a wide variety of open habitats but not in deep forests. It is one of the most common birds in cultivated areas. They appear to be nomadic and roam from place to place regularly.

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Easily confused with

White-browed BulbulPycnonotus luteolusThe white-browed bulbul is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long, with a moderately long (8 centimetres or 3 inches) tail. White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygosThe white-spectacled bulbul is a member of the bulbul family. White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotisThe white-eared bulbul is a member of the bulbul family.