Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

White-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos) - HBW 10, p. 183

French: Bulbul d’Arabie German: Gelbsteißbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Árabe
Other common names: Yellow-vented Bulbul(!), Black-capped Bulbul, White-spectacled Bulbul

Taxonomy: Ixus xanthopygos Ehrenberg, 1833, Arabia = Al Muwaylih, on coast near north end of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.
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. capensis, P. leucotis and P. leucogenys, possibly including some other species. No hybrids with P. barbatus known, and ranges apparently barely meet, but an old record of a mixed pair reported. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Mediterranean from CS Turkey, W Syria, Lebanon, Israel and W Jordan S to NE Egypt (Sinai), also W & C Iraq, W & S Saudi Arabia, Yemen, N United Arab Emirates and N & SW Oman.