Grey-headed Bulbul
Microtarsus priocephalus(Jerdon, TC, 1839)
English (US) Gray-headed Bulbul
UK name: Grey-headed Bulbul
The Grey-headed Bulbul (Microtarsus priocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern peninsular India (southern Maharashtra and Goa to western Mysore and Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microtarsus priocephalus
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Bulbul
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Bulbul
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- B[rachypus] priocephalus
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1839)
- Type locality
- near the foot of the Perya Pass, Malabar District, Madras.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10, no.25 p.246
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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