List of Birds of Swaziland - 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 6 species which occur in Swaziland.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
  • Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris (A)
  • Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
  • Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

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