Bulbul testanera

Pycnonotus aurigaster

20. Un bulbul marrone dalla testa scura con un sottocoda rosso brillante; comune in città, piantagioni e margini della foresta. Il Bulbul dal sottocoda rosso, con cui si sovrappone nella Cina sudoccidentale, può essere simile, ma ha una testa completamente nera. Il giovane ha il sottocoda arancione e può essere confuso con il Bulbul dal petto marrone, ma quest'ultimo ha una testa più marcatamente appuntita, nessuna bordatura bianca sulla coda, copritrici auricolari marroni e una gola bianca più contrastante. Spesso visto in coppia e in piccoli stormi, cerca cibo a media altezza e a terra. Il canto consiste in richiami cinguettanti acuti.

Identificazione

A medium-sized songbird measuring between 18 and 21 centimetres in length with a short crest, the sooty-headed bulbul can be distinguished from the similar red-vented bulbul by its tan front, less extensive area of black on its head and gold-colored vent in certain subspecies. Its call is a series of whistled notes similar in tone to that of the red-whiskered bulbul, but delivered in a more hurried manner.

Tassonomia

The sooty-headed bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus. Alternate names for the sooty-headed bulbul include the golden-vented bulbul and several names used for other species (black-capped, red-vented, white-eared and yellow-vented bulbul).<p>Nine subspecies are recognized:

Nome scientifico
Pycnonotus aurigaster
Autorità
(Vieillot, 1818)
Ordine
Passeriformi
Famiglia
Pycnonotidae
Genere
Pycnonotus

Areale e habitat

The sooty-headed bulbul can be found in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, southern China, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. In China, the species is mainly limited to the south of the country, corresponding to the extent of the palaeotropical ecoregion, but the species has been recorded as far north as Shanghai in the east and Chengdu in the west. The bird has a disjunct distribution broken into two subpopulations by the Malay Peninsula, where it does not seem to occur between Prachuap Khiri Khan province in Thailand in the north, and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in the south.

Migrazione
Resident species

Comportamento

In Hong Kong, the sooty-headed bulbul, whilst not a rarity, is markedly less common than the red-whiskered and light-vented bulbuls. Unlike these two species, it appears to prefer dryland agricultural areas above other habitats, but can also be found in fire-damaged and degraded hill shrubland.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione
declining

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