List of Birds of Sierra Leone - 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 24 species which occur in Sierra Leone.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
  • Gray Greenbul Andropadus gracilis
  • Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei
  • Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris
  • Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
  • Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris
  • Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serina
  • Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
  • Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
  • Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
  • Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
  • Swamp Greenbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
  • Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
  • Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni
  • White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
  • Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
  • Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
  • Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia
  • Gray-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapilla
  • Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
  • Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
  • Western Bearded-Greenbul Criniger barbatus
  • Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus

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