List of Birds of Zimbabwe - 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 11 species which occur in Zimbabwe.

  • Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  • Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
  • Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
  • Stripe-cheeked Bulbul Andropadus milanjensis
  • Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
  • Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
  • Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
  • Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
  • Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

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