List of Birds of Afghanistan - 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 5 species which occur in Afghanistan.

  • Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus (I)
  • White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
  • White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
  • Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
  • Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

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