List of Birds of Rwanda - 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 Rwanda.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
  • Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris
  • Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
  • Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris
  • Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
  • Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
  • Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
  • Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
  • Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus

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