Thursday, July 26, 2012

>Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Straw-headed Bulbul)

Straw-headed Bulbul




Straw-headed Bulbul
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Pycnonotus
Species:P. zeylanicus
Binomial name
Pycnonotus zeylanicus
(Gmelin, 1789)
The Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Burma, Thailand and Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, plantations , and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss and poaching.

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