Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Cream-vented Bulbul

Monday, 14 September 2015

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

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 4,040,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

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; Borneo: 18.5–24.6 g; Peninsular Malaysia: 17.0–27.2 g

Subspecies (4) and Distribution

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Cream-vented Bulbul (White-eyed) Pycnonotus simplex simplex/halizonus

Pycnonotus simplex simplex (Lesson, RP 1839, Sumatra)
– Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia south, including the Riau and Lingga Archipelagos, to Sumatra (including Bangka, Batu, Belitung, Nias Islands), and Borneo (including Balambangan Island).
Pycnonotus simplex halizonus (Harington, HH 1915, Pulau Jemaja [lat. 2° 55' N., long. 105° 45' E.], Anamba Islands)
– Anambas Islands and Natuna Islands.

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Cream-vented Bulbul (Red-eyed) Pycnonotus simplex prillwitzi/perplexus

Pycnonotus simplex perplexus (Chasen, FN; Kloss, CB 1929, Balembangan Island [lat. 7° 1r N., long. 116° 5r E.], North Borneo)
– Borneo; also Bangka, Belitung, and Balambangan Islands, and the south Natuna Islands.
Pycnonotus simplex prillwitzi (Hartert, EJO 1902, Karang Bolong [lat. 7° 45' S., long. 109° 28' E.], Java)
– Java.