Saturday, July 28, 2012

>Pycnonotus erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul)

Spectacled Bulbul


Spectacled Bulbul
Subspecies P. e. erythropthalmos in Panti forest, Johor; photo by Lip Kee Yap
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Pycnonotus
Species:P. erythropthalmos
Binomial name
Pycnonotus erythropthalmos
(Hume, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Pynonotus pusillus
The Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos), also known as the Lesser Brown Bulbul, is a bird in the bulbul family. It is known in Malay as Merbah Kecil. It is endemic to Southeast Asia.

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