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 31 species which occur in Tanzania.
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis
- Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
- Gray Greenbul Andropadus gracilis (A)
- Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris
- Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris
- Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
- Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Andropadus milanjensis (A)
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator (A)
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima (A)
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Gray-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni (A)
- Toro Olive-Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris (A)
- Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
- Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
- Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Lesser Bristlebill Bleda notata
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania