List of Birds of Malawi - Bulbuls

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests. There are 130 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in Malawi.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
  • Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
  • Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
  • Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Andropadus milanjensis
  • Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
  • Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
  • Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
  • Gray-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
  • Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

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