Olive-winged Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Olive-winged Bulbul

Pycnonotus plumosus

橄榄褐鹎 (gǎnlǎn hè bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Telinga Lorek Melayu

    Japanese : アカメヒヨドリ (aka-me hiyo-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 赤目鵯

Taxonomy update for 2023
Taxa 24251–24259 : Eaton et al. (2021) consider the Barusan Bulbul Pycnonotus porphyreus as a full species based on genomic, morphological, and vocal differences from other taxa of Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus. New groups are thus created here: Olive-winged Bulbul (Olive-winged) Pycnonotus plumosus [plumosus Group] for all races except porphyreus, and a monotypic group Olive-winged Bulbul (Barusan) Pycnonotus plumosus porphyreus, of coastal western Sumatra and islands off west-central Sumatra.

    Size : 20–20·5 cm; 24–36 g

    

    Subspecies (7) and Distribution

• Pycnonotus plumosus plumosus (Blyth, E 1845)
  – Malay Peninsula, Riau Arch., e Sumatra and Java.
• Pycnonotus plumosus billitonis (Chasen, FN 1935)
  – W and s Borneo and Belitung I.
• Pycnonotus plumosus chiropethis (Oberholser, HC 1917)
  – Anambas Islands (South China Sea).
• Pycnonotus plumosus sibergi (Hoogerwerf, A 1965)
  – Bawean I. (Java Sea).
• Pycnonotus plumosus hutzi (Stresemann, EFT 1938)
  – N and e Borneo.
  
• Pycnonotus plumosus hachisukae (Deignan, HG 1952)
  – Banggai and adjacent islands off ne Borneo; Mapun (southern Philippines).
• Pycnonotus plumosus porphyreus (Oberholser, HC 1912)
  – W Sumatra, Nias, Batu, Banyak and Mentawi islands.
  

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus

Date : 05 March 2022

Location : Perak

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 21 August 2020
Location : Port Memancing Kampung Sungai Danga, Bandar Johor Bahru, Daerah Johor Bahru, Johor

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 18 November 2018
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 28 April 2018
Location : Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 24 April 2017
Location : Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 04 July 2016
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 23 August 2015
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 02 August 2015
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 12 April 2015
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Pycnonotus plumosus ssp. plumosus
Date : 12 April 2015
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua,
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang