List of Birds of Nepal - 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 10 species which occur in Nepal.

  • Striated Bulbul Pycnonotus striatus
  • Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
  • White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
  • Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
  • White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
  • Olive Bulbul Iole virescens
  • Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
  • Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
  • Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

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