Pale-faced Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Pale-faced Bulbul

Pycnonotus leucops

黄绿鹎 (huáng lǜ bēi) / 圆尾绿鹎 (yuán wěi lǜ bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Muka Putih

    Japanese : カオジロヒヨドリ [leucops] (kaojirohiyodori [leucops])

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 顔白鵯

Taxonomy update for 2023
Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) is split from Flavescent Bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens). Yet again, the plumage differences of the
Borneo subspecies prove significant and indicate Pale-faced Bulbul is
its own new species.

   -  Flavescent Bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens)

      RANGE: Widespread in SE Asia (not on Borneo)

   -  Pale-faced Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops)

      RANGE: N Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu to Mt. Mulu and Mt. Murud)

    
    Size : 17.5–19 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1888, Mt Kinabalu, 7000–8000 feet [c. 2130–2440m], Borneo)
  – N Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu to Mt. Mulu and Mt. Murud).

Date : 11 February 2016

Location : Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah