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Passeriformes

Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Medium-sized, slender-bodied, short-necked passerines with rounded wings, longish tail, relatively small legs, and medium-length bill, often with prominent rictal bristles; plumage generally sombre, many with crest.
Africa and southern Asia.
Forest, woodland, scrub and thickets.
27 genera, 139 species, 355 taxa.
12 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.

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9 1 2 6 8 1 Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)
10 5 5 8 2 Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
9 2 2 5 4 3 Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus)
13 1 3 9 8 4 Striated Bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus)
4 2 1 1 8 5 Cream-striped Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogrammicus)
1 1 6 6 Spot-necked Bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus)
3 1 1 1 6 7 Black-and-white Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanoleucos)
5 4 1 8 8 Grey-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus priocephalus)
12 1 3 8 8 9 Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)
2 2 8 10 Andaman Bulbul (Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens)
39 2 12 25 8 11 Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris)
2 2 8 12 Ruby-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus dispar)
13 1 5 7 8 13 Flame-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis)
4 2 2 8 14 Black-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus)
0 8 15 Bornean Bulbul (Pycnonotus montis)
2 1 1 6 16 Scaly-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus)
10 3 1 6 6 17 Grey-bellied Bulbul (Pycnonotus cyaniventris)
104 7 64 33 8 18 Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
6 3 1 2 8 19 Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous)
35 5 14 16 8 20 Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
11 1 3 7 4 21 Styan's Bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus)
76 5 28 43 8 22 Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
23 2 13 8 8 23 African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
11 1 8 2 8 24 Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis)
38 2 31 5 8 25 White-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
64 3 38 23 8 26 White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
22 1 13 8 8 27 Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
114 4 67 43 8 28 Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
26 6 20 8 29 Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
2 1 1 6 30 Puff-backed Bulbul (Pycnonotus eutilotus)
0 7 31 Blue-wattled Bulbul (Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii)
4 1 2 1 8 32 Yellow-wattled Bulbul (Pycnonotus urostictus)
7 1 2 4 8 33 Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
28 1 9 18 8 34 Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
6 1 3 2 4 35 Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus)
10 5 5 6 36 Yellow-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus)
24 2 8 14 8 37 Flavescent Bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens)
22 1 16 5 8 38 White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
26 1 11 14 8 39 Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
17 1 6 10 8 41 Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
16 6 10 8 42 Streak-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus blanfordi)
12 2 5 5 8 43 Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)
27 7 5 15 8 44 Asian Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)
23 12 4 7 8 45 Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos)
0 6 46 Cameroon Montane Greenbul (Andropadus montanus)
1 1 8 47 Shelley's Greenbul (Andropadus masukuensis)
4 2 2 8 48 Western Mountain Greenbul (Andropadus tephrolaemus)
3 1 2 8 49 Eastern Mountain Greenbul (Andropadus nigriceps)
1 1 8 50 Stripe-cheeked Bulbul (Andropadus milanjensis)
2 1 1 8 51 Grey Greenbul (Andropadus gracilis)
4 3 1 8 52 Ansorge's Greenbul (Andropadus ansorgei)
4 1 3 8 53 Plain Greenbul (Andropadus curvirostris)
6 1 1 4 8 54 Slender-billed Greenbul (Andropadus gracilirostris)
5 1 1 3 8 55 Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (Andropadus latirostris)
7 1 1 5 8 56 Little Greenbul (Andropadus virens)
8 2 3 3 8 57 Sombre Greenbul (Andropadus importunus)
1 1 8 58 Golden Greenbul (Calyptocichla serina)
2 1 1 8 59 Honeyguide Greenbul (Baeopogon indicator)
1 1 8 60 Sjostedt's Greenbul (Baeopogon clamans)
1 1 8 61 Spotted Greenbul (Ixonotus guttatus)
5 1 4 8 62 Joyful Greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)
0 3 63 Prigogine's Greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)
9 1 5 3 8 64 Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
1 1 8 65 Falkenstein's Greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)
3 2 1 8 66 Simple Greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)
7 3 4 8 67 Yellow-throated Greenbul (Chlorocichla flavicollis)
3 1 2 8 68 Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura)
1 1 8 69 Leaf-love (Pyrrhurus scandens)
7 1 1 5 8 70 Terrestrial Brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris)
1 1 8 71 Northern Brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans)
0 8 72 Pale-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus fulviventris)
2 2 8 73 Grey-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris)
0 8 74 Baumann's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus baumanni)
1 1 8 75 Toro Olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus hypochloris)
0 8 76 Fischer's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus fischeri)
2 2 8 77 Cabanis' Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
0 8 78 Cameroon Olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis)
0 8 79 Icterine Greenbul (Phyllastrephus icterinus)
0 2 80 Liberian Greenbul (Phyllastrephus leucolepis)
0 6 81 Sassi's Olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus lorenzi)
0 8 82 Xavier's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
2 2 8 83 White-throated Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis)
0 8 84 Yellow-streaked Bulbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus)
0 6 85 Grey-headed Greenbul (Phyllastrephus poliocephalus)
0 8 86 Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis)
2 1 1 8 87 Red-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda syndactylus)
1 1 4 88 Green-tailed Bristlebill (Bleda eximius)
2 1 1 8 89 Lesser Bristlebill (Bleda notatus)
6 3 3 8 90 Grey-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus)
1 1 8 91 Western Bearded Greenbul (Criniger barbatus)
1 1 8 92 Eastern Bearded Greenbul (Criniger chloronotus)
2 2 8 93 Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus)
1 1 4 94 Yellow-bearded Greenbul (Criniger olivaceus)
0 8 95 White-bearded Greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)
3 1 2 6 96 Finsch's Bulbul (Alophoixus finschii)
5 1 3 1 8 97 White-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
10 2 1 7 8 98 Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)
16 5 4 7 8 99 Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus)
13 7 3 3 8 100 Grey-cheeked Bulbul (Alophoixus bres)
7 2 3 2 8 101 Yellow-bellied Bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus)
20 1 10 9 8 102 Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica)
0 4 103 Hook-billed Bulbul (Setornis criniger)
10 1 5 4 8 104 Hairy-backed Bulbul (Tricholestes criniger)
0 8 105 Olive Bulbul (Iole virescens)
14 1 3 10 8 106 Grey-eyed Bulbul (Iole propinqua)
10 3 2 5 6 107 Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole olivacea)
0 8 108 Sulphur-bellied Bulbul (Ixos palawanensis)
0 6 109 Nicobar Bulbul (Ixos nicobariensis)
17 1 7 9 8 110 Mountain Bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii)
6 1 2 3 6 111 Streaked Bulbul (Ixos malaccensis)
2 1 1 8 112 Sunda Bulbul (Ixos virescens)
10 1 5 4 8 113 Philippine Bulbul (Ixos philippinus)
0 6 114 Zamboanga Bulbul (Ixos rufigularis)
5 1 2 2 3 115 Streak-breasted Bulbul (Ixos siquijorensis)
5 1 2 2 8 116 Yellowish Bulbul (Ixos everetti)
2 2 8 117 Northern Golden Bulbul (Thapsinillas longirostris)
1 1 8 118 Southern Golden Bulbul (Thapsinillas affinis)
31 2 18 11 8 119 Brown-eared Bulbul (Microscelis amaurotis)
11 1 1 9 8 120 Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
2 1 1 8 121 Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus)
7 1 3 3 8 122 Chestnut Bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
39 4 13 22 8 123 Himalayan Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)
11 1 8 2 8 124 Square-tailed Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes ganeesa)
10 4 6 8 125 Seychelles Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes crassirostris)
5 4 1 8 126 Reunion Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus)
2 2 4 127 Mauritius Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes olivaceus)
2 1 1 8 128 Madagascar Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
1 1 8 129 Comoro Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes parvirostris)
4 2 2 8 130 White-headed Bulbul (Cerasophila thompsoni)
1 1 8 131 Black-collared Bulbul (Neolestes torquatus)
5 1 2 2 8 132 Western Nicator (Nicator chloris)
2 2 8 133 White-throated Nicator (Nicator gularis)
0 8 134 Yellow-throated Nicator (Nicator vireo)
2 1 1 8 135 Common Tetraka (Bernieria madagascariensis)
2 2 8 136 Short-billed Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops)
0 4 137 Dusky Tetraka (Xanthomixis tenebrosus)
3 1 2 4 138 Appert's Tetraka (Xanthomixis apperti)
2 1 1 6 139 Grey-crowned Tetraka (Xanthomixis cinereiceps)
3 3 8 500 Bare-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus hualon)

Family statistics

27 genera, 139 species

1304 files covering
26 genera	(96%)
116 species	(83%)

594 videos covering
23 genera	(85%)
94 species	(68%)

581 photographs covering
24 genera	(89%)
104 species	(75%)

129 sound recordings covering
15 genera	(56%)
63 species	(45%)

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