Sooty-headed Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aurigaster

白喉红臂鹎 (bái-hóu hóng-tún bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Jawa

    Japanese : コシジロヒヨドリ (koshi-jiro hiyo-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 腰白鵯

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 10,800,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 19–21 cm; 40–50 g

    

    Subspecies (9) and Distribution

• Pycnonotus aurigaster aurigaster (Vieillot, 1818)
  – Java; Bali (possibly introduced).
• Pycnonotus aurigaster chrysorrhoides (Lafresnaye, 1845)
  – SE China.
• Pycnonotus aurigaster resurrectus (Deignan, 1952)
  – N Vietnam (E Tonkin, N Annam) and SE China (W Guangdong, Nao Chow Tao).
• Pycnonotus aurigaster dolichurus (Deignan, 1949)
  – C Vietnam (C Annam).
• Pycnonotus aurigaster latouchei (Deignan, 1949)
  – S China (SW Sichuan and W and S Yunnan E to S Hunan and NE Guangxi) and E Myanmar E to NE Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).
• Pycnonotus aurigaster klossi (Gyldenstolpe, 1920)
  – SE Myanmar and N Thailand.
• Pycnonotus aurigaster schauenseei (Delacour, 1943)
  – S Myanmar (C Tenasserim) and SW Thailand.
• Pycnonotus aurigaster thais (Kloss, 1924)
  – C and SE Thailand and C Laos.
• Pycnonotus aurigaster germani (Oustalet, 1878)
  – extreme SE Thailand, Cambodia and S Indochina.

Distribution Map


Date : 24 October 2021

Location : Kolam Air Panas Kuala Kubu Bharu, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Daerah Hulu Selangor, Selangor