Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) - HBW 10, p. 182
French: Bulbul brunoir
German: Maskenbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Encapuchado
Other common names: Black-fronted/Red-eyed Bulbul
Taxonomy: Turdus nigricans Vieillot, 1818, banks of the Orange River in Namaqualand, Namibia-South Africa border.
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species forms a superspecies with P. barbatus, P. capensis, P. xanthopygos, P. leucotis and P. leucogenys, possibly including some other species. Parapatric and locally sympatric with both P. barbatus and P. capensis, and hybridizes extensively with both in narrow transition zones along at least part of boundaries between their respective distributions. Nominate race intergrades with su.. View all taxonomy...
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species forms a superspecies with P. barbatus, P. capensis, P. xanthopygos, P. leucotis and P. leucogenys, possibly including some other species. Parapatric and locally sympatric with both P. barbatus and P. capensis, and hybridizes extensively with both in narrow transition zones along at least part of boundaries between their respective distributions. Nominate race intergrades with superior over a broad front along middle R Orange and in Griqualand West (South Africa). Proposed race grisescentior indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigricans (Vieillot, 1818) - SW Angola, Namibia and Botswana S to N South Africa (S to Northern Cape and middle R Orange); non-breeding extreme SW Zambia and NW Zimbabwe.
- superior Clancey, 1959 - South Africa (North-west Province S to Eastern Cape) and Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a picnic area Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 10 years ago 11 sec 4.2 -
A bird standing on a rock Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Keith Blomerley 20 January 2007 5 years ago 14 sec 4.1 -
A bird wiping its bill Locality Twyfelfontein, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 10 years ago 16 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Hobatere Lodge, Kamanjab, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Keith Blomerley 17 January 2007 5 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird in a bush and then in a tree Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Jean Michel Erard 31 July 2003 7 years ago 22 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a picnic area Locality Twyfelfontein, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 10 years ago 22 sec 2.9
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Showing his red-eyed
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 16 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A male perching on a branch
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Jordi Oliveres 1 August 2004 9 weeks ago 4 -
in a thorny bush
Locality Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana
Marco Valentini 18 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult perched in an acacia.
Locality Solitaire, Khomas Region, Namibia (ssp nigricans)
Ken Havard 6 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
Individual perched on log outside our cabin.
Locality Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Miriam Bauman 14 October 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird on the wire
Locality Barberspan Bird Sanctuary, North West Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 3 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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Call Locality Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Erongo Region, Namibia
(ssp nigricans)
Charles Hesse 13 November 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Singing from a tree in a residential area of Klein Windhoek Locality Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
(ssp nigricans)
Charles Hesse 10 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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