Pale-faced bulbul

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Pale-faced bulbul
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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]

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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]

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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.