Light-vented bulbul
| Light-vented bulbul | |
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| Song in Taiwan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Pycnonotus |
| Species: | P. sinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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| Blue: Extant (breeding), Pink: Extant (resident), Purple: Extant (non-breeding) | |
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The light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis), also called the Chinese bulbul, is a species of
Taxonomy
The light-vented bulbul was
Four subspecies are recognized:[6]
- P. s. sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – found in central and eastern China.
- P. s. hainanus (Swinhoe, 1870) – originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found in south-eastern China and northern Vietnam.
- P. s. formosae Hartert, E, 1910 – found on Taiwan.
- P. s. orii Kuroda, Nm, 1923 – found on Yonaguni, Okinawa, Iriomote and Ishigaki Islands (southern Ryukyu Islands).
Description
The light-vented bulbul is around 19 cm (7.5 in) in length. It has a black crown and moustachial stripe, with white patches covering the nape and the sides of its black head. It has white plumage from its eyes to the back of its head. The upperparts are greyish-brown mixed with olive. The wings and tail are brown fringed with bright olive. The underparts are whitish with a pale brown breastband. It is noisy and sings very brightly and variably with a cha-ko-lee...cha-ko-lee... sound.[7]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in:
- Macao)
- Nansei Islands)
- Laos
- North Korea (rarely)
- South Korea (rarely)
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Vietnam
In Hong Kong, the light-vented bulbul is abundant in lightly wooded areas, cultivated land and shrubland, whereas the red-whiskered bulbul is the common bulbul of suburbs and urban parks.[1]
In Taiwan, however, the light-vented bulbul dominates all of these habitats, though it is replaced along the east coast by Styan's bulbul. Chinese bulbuls are seen frequently in Shanghai, where it is perhaps the third most common bird after tree sparrows and spotted doves.[8]
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 942.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Sonnerat, Pierre (1782). Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Chez l'Auteur. p. 197.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 233.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6.
- ^ "上海鸟类中的"四大金刚"，你都见过，却不一定认识哦". 19 April 2020.