Straw-headed Bulbul
Pycnonotus zeylanicus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Straw-headed Bulbul
The Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) 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: Myanmar to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra including Nias, Java, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pycnonotus zeylanicus
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Straw-headed Bulbul
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Sturnus] zeylanicus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Ceylon, error; type locality inferentially corrected to Java, by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, no. 3, p. 272.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.804
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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