Cream-vented Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Cream-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus simplex

白眼褐鹎 (bái-yǎn hè bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Mata Putih Biasa

    Japanese : メジロチャイロヒヨ (me-jiro cha-iro hiyo-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 目白茶色鵯

    Taxonomy update for 2019

In Borneo, Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex) has long been known to have variation in eye color, and in Borneo it has been known to have pale-eyed and dark-eyed forms. However, a genetic study of these two forms on Borneo has revealed that one if actually a very distinctive and not particularly closely related species, Cream-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex). :

- Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)
- Cream-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex)

    Size : 18 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Pycnonotus simplex simplex (Lesson, 1839)
  – S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia S, including Riau and Lingga Archipelagos, to Sumatra (including Bangka, Batu, Belitung, Nias I), and Borneo (including Balambangan I).
• Pycnonotus simplex prillwitzi (Hartert, 1902)
  – Java.
• Pycnonotus simplex halizonus (Oberholser, 1917)
  – Anambas Is and Natuna Is.

Pycnonotus simplex ssp. simplex
Date : 11 July 2022

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kledang Saiong, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Pycnonotus simplex ssp. simplex
Date : 29 October 2017

Location : Lata Ulu Chepor, Chemor, Mukim Ulu Kinta, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Pycnonotus simplex ssp. simplex
Date : 13 September 2015

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Mukim Karangan, Daerah Kulim, Kedah

Pycnonotus simplex ssp. simplex
Date : 13 September 2015

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Mukim Karangan, Daerah Kulim, Kedah

Pycnonotus simplex ssp. simplex
Date : 13 September 2015

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Mukim Karangan, Daerah Kulim, Kedah