Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
Black-headed Bulbul
Microtarsus melanocephalos
黑头鹎 (hēi-tóu bēi)
Malay : Merbah Siam
Japanese : ズグロヒヨドリ (zu-guro hiyo-dori)
Kanji 日語漢字 : 頭黒鵯
Taxonomy update for 2018
Black-headed Bulbul : Pycnonotus atriceps ➜ Brachypodius atriceps
Taxonomy update for 2021
Black-headed Bulbul : Brachypodius atriceps ➜ Brachypodius melanocephalos
Taxonomy update for 2023
Black-headed Bulbul : Brachypodius melanocephalos ➜ Microtarsus melanocephalos
Size : 16–18 cm; 20–30 g
Subspecies and Distribution
- Microtarsus melanocephalos melanocephalos (Gmelin, JF 1788)
– NE India to sw China, SE Asia, Bali, Borneo and Palawan. - Microtarsus melanocephalos hyperemnus (Oberholser, HC 1912)
– Sumatra, Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Bangka and Belitung islands. - Microtarsus melanocephalos baweanus (Finsch, FHO 1901)
– Bawean I. (Java Sea). - Microtarsus melanocephalos hodiernus (Bangs, O; Peters, JL 1927)
– Maratua Islands (Celebes Sea).
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 19 April 2025
Date : 19 April 2025
Location : Perak
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 19 April 2025
Date : 19 April 2025
Location : Perak
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 22 May 2024
Date : 22 May 2024
Location : Hutan Lipur Sunga Congkak, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor

Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 21 January 2017
Date : 21 January 2017
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 21 January 2017
Date : 21 January 2017
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 17 January 2016
Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 17 January 2016
Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 17 January 2016
Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 17 January 2016
Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
Microtarsus melanocephalos ssp. melanocephalos
Date : 17 January 2016
Date : 17 January 2016
Location : Taman TAR, Mukim Ampang, Daerah Hulu Langat, Selangor
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