Pale-faced bulbul

Pale-faced bulbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Pycnonotus
Species:	P. leucops
Binomial name
Pycnonotus leucops (Sharpe, 1888)
Synonyms
Oreoctistes leucops Pycnonotus flavescens leucops

The pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) is a songbird in the bulbul family. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. ^[2]

Description

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.

Distribution and habitat

The bulbul is found in the mountains of Borneo in montane primary forest, ranging in altitude from about 900 m to 3500 m above sea level. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pycnonotus leucops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103834499A104340974. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103834499A104340974.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Phillipps, Quentin; Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN   978-1-906780-56-2.
3. Smythies, Bertram E.; Davison, Geoffrey W.H. (1999). The Birds of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Natural History Publications (Borneo) and the Sabah Society. p. 465. ISBN   983-812-028-6.