Flavescent Bulbul
Pycnonotus flavescens
Brownish-yellow bulbul with a faint white eyebrow and a weakly tufted crest. Roams about in pairs or small groups, sometimes associating with other species. Prefers open forest and edge habitat over dense mature forests. Often found in scrubbier, less pristine habitats than other bulbuls in its range, though tends not to occur in cities as readily as Red-vented and Red-whiskered Bulbuls; a regular visitor of rural gardens and farm edges. Simple song consists of alternating sharp whistles, warbled notes, and buzzy gurgling. Also gives harsh low buzzing calls.
Taxonomy
Alternate names for the flavescent bulbul include Blyth's bulbul, flavescent green bulbul and round-tailed green bulbul.<p>Three subspecies are recognized:
- Scientific name
- Pycnonotus flavescens
- Authority
- Blyth, 1845
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Pycnonotus
Range and habitat
The natural habitat of the flavescent bulbul is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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