List of Southern African Birds - Bulbuls and Nicators

Bulbuls and Nicators

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls and Nicators are mostly frugivorous birds. Some are colorful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some have very distinct crests. Many of these species inhabit tree tops, while some are restricted to the undergrowth. Up to five purple-pink eggs are laid in an open tree nests and incubated by the female. There are 130 species worldwide, ten in Southern Africa.

• Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
• African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
• Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis endemic
• Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
• Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Andropadus milanjensis
• Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
• Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
• Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
• Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis