Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Seychelles Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes crassirostris) - HBW 10, p. 242
French: Bulbul merle
German: Dickschnabelbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Picogordo
Other common names: Seychelles/Thick-billed Bulbul
Taxonomy: Hypsipetes crassirostris E. Newton, 1867, Mahé, Seychelles Islands.
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with all other members of genus, and in the past all have been treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Seychelles: Mahé, Praslin, La Digue and Silhouette, and a few neighbouring islands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two wild birds feeding on cookies given by girls Locality Praslin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2000 6 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
One bird perched on a branch Locality Praslin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2000 6 years ago 19 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched and calling twice. Locality La Digue Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 June 2005 3 years ago 9 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on a fruit in a tree Locality Beau Vallon, Mahe Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 22 October 2001 6 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
One bird feeding on the ground Locality Praslin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2000 6 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on an insect Locality Beau Vallon, Mahe Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 22 October 2001 5 years ago 39 sec 2.7
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Perched on a dead branch with Spanish moss in an open montane forest.
Locality Mahe Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Henrik Bringsøe 5 April 2006 14 weeks ago 4 -
Perched on a dead branch with Spanish moss in an open montane forest.
Locality Mahe Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Henrik Bringsøe 5 April 2006 14 weeks ago 4 -
A Seychelles Black Bulbul waits for some food (Vallée de Mai).
Locality Praslin Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
Norbert Sauberer 22 September 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
A Seychelles bulbul in the mountains above Victoria, Mahe.
Locality Mahe Island, Seychelles (Monotypic species)
David Nowell 15 July 2008 2 years ago 2
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