Orange-spotted Bulbul
Pycnonotus bimaculatus(Horsfield, T, 1821)
English (US) Orange-spotted Bulbul
The Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pycnonotus bimaculatus
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Orange-spotted Bulbul
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus
- Pycnonotus bimaculatus tenggerensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus bimaculatus
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
- Type locality
- Java; type specimen 'an East Javan bird,' fide Robinson and Kloss, 1920, Journ. Straits Br. R. Asiat. Soc. (1919), no. 81, p. 103.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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