Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus - Bulbul orphée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Pycnonotidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pycnonotus

  • Species
    :

    jocosus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 25 à 28 cm.
  • Weight
    : 23 à 42 g
Longevity

4 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bulbul orphée
adult
Bulbul orphée
adult

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a species of bird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

  • Pycnonotus jocosus jocosus (se China)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus (w and c India)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus abuensis (nw India)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus pyrrhotis (n India and Nepal)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus emeria (e India to sw Thailand)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus whistleri (Andaman Is.)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus monticola (e Himalayas to n Myanmar and s China)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus hainanensis (Hainan I.. off se China.)
  • Pycnonotus jocosus pattani (s Myanmar and n Malay Pen. through Thailand and s Indochina)

Foreign names

  • Bulbul orphée,
  • Bulbul orfeo,
  • bulbul-corado,
  • Rotohrbülbül,
  • vörösfülű bülbül,
  • Roodoorbuulbuul,
  • Bulbul dai mustacchi rossi,
  • rödörad bulbyl,
  • Rødørebylbyl,
  • bylbyl červenosluchý,
  • bulbul červenouchý,
  • Rødøret Bulbul,
  • punaposkibulbuli,
  • bulbul orfeu,
  • bilbil zbroczony,
  • sarkanvaigu bulbulis,
  • Краснощёкий настоящий бюльбюль,
  • コウラウン,
  • 红耳鹎,
  • นกปรอดหัวโขน,
  • 紅耳鵯,

Voice song and cries

Bulbul orphée
immature

Habitat

Bulbul orphée
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Bulbul orphée
published: - Updated: 06-01-2014
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