List of Birds of Hong Kong - 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 Hong Kong.

  • Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  • Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
  • Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
  • Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
  • Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
  • Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus (A)

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