Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Styan's Bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus) - HBW 10, p. 178
French: Bulbul de Taiwan
German: Taiwanbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul de Taiwan
Other common names: Taiwan/Formosa Bulbul
Taxonomy: Pycnonotus taivanus Styan, 1893, Taiwan.
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species perhaps merits placement in a separate genus, Otocompsa (currently a subgenus). Closely related to, and often interbreeds with, P. sinensis; probably arose from an early colonization of Taiwan by that species, with contact between the two forms resumed after a secondary invasion by it. Monotypic.
Distribution: E coast of Taiwan S of Taroko Gorge (including Hengchun Peninsula).
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Dorsal view of an individual perched on a bush, looking around. Locality National Dong Hwa University, Shoufong, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 8 weeks ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird perched on a bush, looking around. Locality National Dong Hwa University, Shoufong, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 8 weeks ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched in a tree preening. Locality National Dong Hwa University, Shoufong, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 8 weeks ago 18 sec 4.2 -
Two birds preening on the same branch. Locality National Dong Hwa University, Shoufong, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 8 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
A hybrid between Styan's and Light-vented (Pycnonotus sinensis) Bulbuls, preening. Locality Taroko National Park, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 32 weeks ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A bird preening. Locality Taroko National Park, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 32 weeks ago 47 sec 3.6
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A bird standing on a branch, holding an insect in his beak
Locality San Xian Tai, Taitung County, Taiwan
Nathanael Goldman 28 December 2011 20 weeks ago 4.1 -
A close-up of a bird looking around, over a bush.
Locality National Dong Hwa University, Shoufong, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 April 2011 8 weeks ago 3.5 -
Two adults resting on branch.
Locality Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
eeveelugia 30 December 2008 2 years ago 2.8
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Birds calling Locality Hualien County, Taiwan
Desmond Allen 1 May 1995 2 years ago 2
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