White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos(Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
English (US) White-spectacled Bulbul
The White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos) 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: coastal southern Türkiye to Near East, Sinai Peninsula, and ArabiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-spectacled Bulbul
- Described by
- (Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ixus xanthopygos
- Described by
- (Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG, 1833)
- Type locality
- Arabia = Muwailah on coast near north end of Red Sea, Bates, 1935, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 55, p. 119.
- Original description
- Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongolam Syrian Arabiam et Habessianiam publico institutis (etc.) sig.bb p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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