Black-crested Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Black-crested Bulbul

Pycnonotus flaviventris

黑冠鹎 (hēi guàn bēi) / 黑冠黄鹎 (hēi guàn huáng bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Kunyit Jambul Biasa

    Japanese : エボシヒヨドリ (eboshi hiyo-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 烏帽子鵯

    Size : 18·5–19·5 cm, Male 30–34 g, Female 28–31 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Pycnonotus flaviventris flaviventris (Tickell, 1833)
  – N, NE & E India (Himalayan foothills E from Himachal Pradesh, S to to Meghalaya, also hills of Madhya Pradesh, also Eastern Ghats from Orissa S to Andhra Pradesh), Nepal, E Bangladesh, N, C & W Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
• Pycnonotus flaviventris vantynei (Deignan, 1948)
  – & S Myanmar and NE & NW Thailand E to S China (S Yunnan, S Guangxi) and N Indochina.
• Pycnonotus flaviventris xanthops (Deignan, 1948)
  – SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and W Thailand.
• Pycnonotus flaviventris auratus (Deignan, 1948)
  – NE Thailand and C Laos.
• Pycnonotus flaviventris johnsoni (Gyldenstolpe, 1913)
  – C, NE & SE Thailand and S Indochina.
• Pycnonotus flaviventris elbeli (Deignan, 1954)
  – Gulf of Thailand islands (at least Ko Kut, Ko Chang).
• Pycnonotus flaviventris negatus (Deignan, 1954)
  – S Myanmar (C Tenasserim) and SW Thailand (valley of R Mae Klong).
• Pycnonotus flaviventris caecilii (Deignan, 1948)
  – extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), SE & SW Thailand and N Peninsular Malaysia.

Pycnonotus flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Pycnonotus flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Pycnonotus flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang