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White-spectacled Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG 1833)

The white-spectacled bulbul is a member of the bulbul family. It is 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in length with a wingspan of 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in). These birds live in fruit plantations, gardens, and cities. It is the most common member of the bulbul family in Israel and Lebanon. In Turkey, it is mainly found in the coastal Mediterranean region, but its range extends from Patara/Gelemiş near Kaş in the west to Türkoğlu in the east. Breeding populations are found from Central and Southern Turkey to Western Syria, Lebanon, Western Jordan, Israel, Sinai and western, central and southern Arabia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pycnonotidae
Genus:
   Pycnonotus
Scientific:
  Pycnonotus xanthopygos


Original description

Citation:
  (Hemprich, WF; Ehrenberg, CG 1833)

Reference:
   Symbol. Phys. Icon. Descr. Avium (1828), sig.bb

Protonym:
  Ixus xanthopygos

Type locality:
  Arabia = Muwailah on coast near north end of Red Sea, Bates, 1935, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 55, p. 119.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  24B66475D906FD48

Avibase ID:
  avibase-24B66475

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/24B66475


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562635

Geographic range:

  • Pycnonotus xanthopygos: Coastal s Turkey to Near East, Sinai Peninsula and Arabia
English:
White-spectacled Bulbul
Catalan:
bulbul d'ulleres blanques
Czech:
bulbul arabský
Danish:
Levantbulbul
German:
Gelbsteißbülbül
Spanish:
Bulbul Árabe
Spanish (Spain):
Bulbul Árabe
Finnish:
arabianbulbuli
French:
Bulbul d'Arabie
Croatian:
žutoguzi bulbul
Hungarian:
pápaszemes bülbül
Icelandic:
Hettuglymur
Italian:
Bulbul dagli occhiali bianchi
Japanese (romaji):
arabiahiyodori
Japanese:
アラビアヒヨドリ
Lithuanian:
Rusvasis tamsiagalvis bulbiulis
Dutch:
Arabische Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Arabarbylbyl
Norwegian:
Araberbylbyl
Polish:
bilbil arabski
Portuguese:
Tuta-de-lunetas
Portuguese (Portugal):
bulbul-árabe
Russian:
Желтогузый бюльбюль
Slovak:
bylbyl okuliarnatý
Serbian:
Levantski bulbul
Swedish:
levantbulbyl
Ukrainian:
Бюльбюль аравійський
Chinese:
白眶鹎
Chinese (Traditional):
白眶鵯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Bulbul d'Arabie ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bulbul d'Arabie ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 1st edition:
Black-capped Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2021:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2022:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2023:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-capped Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 4th edition:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2015:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2016:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2017:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2018:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Clements, version 2019:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 1.50:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 1.52:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 1.53:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 1.54:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 1.55:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2015:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2016:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2017:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2018:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2019:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2021:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2022:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
eBird version 2023:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-eyed Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-capped Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
White-spectacled Bulbul ( Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pycnonotus xanthopygos

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Arabic: البلبل اصفر العجز, البلبل الشائع, بلبل اصفر العجز- بلبل
Azerbaijani: sarıkürək bülbül
Belarusian: Аравійскі бюльбюль
Bulgarian: Белоок бюлбюл, Очилат бюлбюл
Catalan: bulbul d'ulleres blanques, Bulbul ullblanc
Czech: Bulbul arabský, Bylbyl arabský
Welsh: Bwlbwl sbectolog
Danish: Levantbulbul, Levant-bulbul
German: Gelbsteißbülbül, Graubülbül, Graubülbül-xanthopygos, Südwestasien, Vallombrosa-Bülbül, Weißaugenbülbül
Greek: Κιτριvόκωλη κρυπτότσιχλα, Κιτρινόπυγος Πυκνονώτος
English: Black-capped Bulbul, Bulbul, Dark-capped Bulbul, Spectacled Bulbul, White-eyed Bulbul, White-spectacled Bulbul, Yellow-vented Bulbul
English, HBW: White-spectacled Bulbul
English (IOC): White-spectacled Bulbul
English (United States): White-spectacled Bulbul
Esperanto: Flavanusa bulbulo
Spanish: Bulbul Arabe, Bulbul Árabe, Bulbul de Ojos Blancos
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul Árabe
Spanish (HBW): Bulbul árabe
Estonian: araabia bülbül
Finnish: Arabianbulbuli
French: Bulbul à tête noire, Bulbul à ventre jaune, Bulbul d’Arabie, Bulbul d'Arabie, Bulbul des jardins
Frisian: Arabyske búlbúl
Irish: Bulbul bánspéaclach
Galician: Bulbul arábico
Hebrew: בולבול, בולבול ממושקף, בולבול צהוב שת
Croatian: žutoguzi bulbul
Hungarian: pápaszemes bülbül, Sárgafarú bülbül
Icelandic: Hettuglymur
Italian: Bulbul capinero, Bulbul dagli occhiali bianchi, Bulbul occhibianchi
Japanese (romaji): arabiahiyodori
Japanese: アラビアヒヨドリ
Scientific: Ixus xanthopygos, Pycnonotus barbatus xanthopygos, Pycnonotus reichenowi, Pycnonotus xanthopygos, Pycnonotus xanthopygos palaestinae
Lithuanian: Rusvasis tamsiagalvis bulbiulis
Latvian: briļļu bulbulis
Macedonian: Наочарест булбул
Dutch: Arabische buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk: Arabarbylbyl
Norwegian: Araberbylbyl, Levantbylbyl
Polish: bilbil arabski
Portuguese: Tuta-de-lunetas
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-árabe, Tuta-de-lunetas
Rhaeto-Romance: Bulbul dals egliers
Romanian: Bulbul arab
Russian: Желтогузый бюльбюль, Желтопоясничный бюльбюль, Желтопоясничный настоящий бюльбюль, Желтоспинный бюль-бюль
Northern Sami: Arábiabulbul, Arábiabulbula
Slovak: bylbyl okuliarnatý
Slovenian: rumenoriti bulbul
Serbian: Levantski bulbul
Swedish: Levantbulbyl
Turkish: Arap Bülbülü, arapbülbülü
Ukrainian: Бюльбюль аравійський
Chinese: 白眶鹎
Chinese (Traditional): 白眶鵯

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