Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Red-vented Bulbul
The Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) 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 cafer
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Pycnonotus cafer humayuni
- Pycnonotus cafer intermedius
- Pycnonotus cafer bengalensis
- Pycnonotus cafer stanfordi
- Pycnonotus cafer melanchimus
- Pycnonotus cafer wetmorei
- Pycnonotus cafer cafer
- Pycnonotus cafer haemorrhousus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Turdus] cafer
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope, ex Brisson, error; type locality corrected to Ceylon, apud Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 7, p. 79.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.295
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Bulbuls
Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
Brown-breasted Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
Styan's Bulbul
Pycnonotus taivanus
Light-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sinensis
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus goiavier
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
Sooty-headed Bulbul
Pycnonotus aurigaster
Himalayan Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucogenys
White-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucotis
White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus nigricans
Cape Bulbul
Pycnonotus capensis
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