| Pycnonotus | |
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| Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Pycnonotus F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus capensis (Cape bulbul) Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pycnonotus is a genus of frugivorous passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
The genus Pycnonotus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the Cape bulbul as the type species. [1] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed". [2]
The genus contains the following 31 species: [3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cream-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus simplex | Malesia |
 | Olive-winged bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | Malesia |
 | Asian red-eyed bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | Malesia |
| - | Straw-headed bulbul | Pycnonotus zeylanicus | Malesia |
| - | Spot-necked bulbul | Pycnonotus tympanistrigus | Bukit Barisan |
| - | Cream-eyed bulbul | Pycnonotus pseudosimplex | northern Borneo |
 | Ashy-fronted bulbul | Pycnonotus cinereifrons | Palawan |
 | White-browed bulbul | Pycnonotus luteolus | South Asia |
| - | Ayeyarwady bulbul | Pycnonotus blanfordi | Myanmar |
 | Streak-eared bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi | Indochina |
 | Stripe-throated bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | Indochina |
 | Pale-eyed bulbul | Pycnonotus davisoni | Myanmar |
 | Flavescent bulbul | Pycnonotus flavescens | Northeast India and northern Indochina |
| - | Aceh bulbul | Pycnonotus snouckaerti | northern Sumatra |
 | Orange-spotted bulbul | Pycnonotus bimaculatus | montane Sumatra, Java and Bali |
 | Pale-faced bulbul | Pycnonotus leucops | montane Borneo |
 | Yellow-throated bulbul | Pycnonotus xantholaemus | southern India |
 | Yellow-eared bulbul | Pycnonotus penicillatus | Sri Lanka |
 | Brown-breasted bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthorrhous | China and northern Indochina |
 | Light-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | China and Taiwan |
 | Styan's bulbul | Pycnonotus taivanus | Taiwan |
 | Red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | South India, southern China and Indochina |
 | Yellow-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | Southeast Asia |
 | Red-vented bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | South Asia and Myanmar |
 | Sooty-headed bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | southern China and Indochina |
 | White-eared bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | Irak, Persian Gulf to northwestern India |
 | Himalayan bulbul | Pycnonotus leucogenys | Himalayas |
 | White-spectacled bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthopygos | Middle East |
 | African red-eyed bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | southern Africa |
 | Common bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | Africa |
 | Cape bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | fynbos of South Africa |
In previous circumscriptions the genus Pycnonotus was considerably larger. Recent taxonomic revisions have seen many species transferred to other genera.
In 2010, eighteen former Pycnonotus species were reclassified into different genera, either directly from Pycnonotus or from the genus Andropadus , to which they had already been transferred by some authorities. These changes were as follows:
In 2020, a further 17 species were transferred to other genera: [3] [19]
Other former Pycnonotus species include:
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