List of Birds of Senegal - 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 Senegal.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
  • Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
  • Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris
  • Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
  • Swamp Greenbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
  • Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
  • White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
  • Gray-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapilla
  • Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
  • Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
  • Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus

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