Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis) - HBW 10, p. 182
French: Bulbul du Cap
German: Kapbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Turdus capensis Linnaeus, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
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. nigricans, P. xanthopygos, P. leucotis and P. leucogenys, possibly including some other species. Parapatric and locally sympatric with P. nigricans and, in small area of Eastern Cape Province, with P. barbatus; hybridizes extensively with both in narrow transition zones along at least part of boundaries between their respective distribution.. 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. nigricans, P. xanthopygos, P. leucotis and P. leucogenys, possibly including some other species. Parapatric and locally sympatric with P. nigricans and, in small area of Eastern Cape Province, with P. barbatus; hybridizes extensively with both in narrow transition zones along at least part of boundaries between their respective distributions. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW & S South Africa, in provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape (from just S of R Orange, S along coast, inland to edge of Karoo, and E to R Sundays).
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Two birds perched, one of them preening Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 5 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A perched juvenile Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 23 September 2002 39 weeks ago 16 sec 4.3 -
An adult perched and calling twice before flying away Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 23 September 2002 39 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
Two birds on a branch, one singing, and flying away Locality De Mond, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 7 October 2004 7 years ago 14 sec 3.9
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On the wall at ranger station
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 22 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.2 -
Bird perched on a twig
Locality Cape Agulhas, Agulhas National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 16 September 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus Capensis)
Locality Lakeside, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Flugel 8 November 2012 27 weeks ago 4 -
Adult preched in tree
Locality Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 15 June 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
singing Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus Capensis)
Locality Lakeside, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp Pycnonotus Capensis)
Flugel 8 November 2012 27 weeks ago 3.6 -
Clear detail of bird without interferring background.
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Schtunkie 1 October 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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Excited calls from a low bush. Birds chasing each other. 9:47am. Locality Koeberg Private Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 28 May 2010 2 years ago 4
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