List of Birds of Zambia - 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 16 species which occur in Zambia.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
  • Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
  • Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
  • Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
  • Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
  • Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
  • Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
  • Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
  • Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
  • Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
  • Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
  • Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
  • Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
  • Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus

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