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Orange-spotted Bulbul

Pycnonotus bimaculatus (Horsfield, T 1821)

The orange-spotted bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to Java, Bali and Sumatra. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Horsfield, T 1821)

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13, pt.1 p.147

Protonym:
  Turdus bimaculatus

Type locality:
  Java; type specimen 'an East Javan bird,' fide Robinson and Kloss, 1920, Journ. Straits Br. R. Asiat. Soc. (1919), no. 81, p. 103.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13692#page/166/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6EFA005F90312FA1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6EFA005F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6EFA005F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562603


NEAR THREATENED

English:
Orange-spotted Bulbul
Bulgarian:
Оранжевобуз бюлбюл
Catalan:
bulbul bimaculat
Czech:
bulbul oranžovoskvrnný
Danish:
Orangetøjlet Bulbul
German:
Goldfleckbülbül
Esperanto:
dumakula bulbulo
Spanish:
Bulbul Bimaculado
Spanish (Spain):
Bulbul bimaculado
Estonian:
tupsbülbül
Finnish:
keltatäpläbulbuli
French:
Bulbul bimaculé
Croatian:
žutolici bulbul
Hungarian:
aranyszárnyú bülbül
Indonesian:
Cucak gunung
Italian:
Bulbul macchiearancio
Japanese:
アカボシヒヨドリ
Lithuanian:
dvidėmis bulbiulis
Dutch:
Goudteugelbuulbuul
Norwegian:
Oransjeflekkbylbyl
Polish:
bilbil złotobrewy
Portuguese:
bulbul-bimaculado
Portuguese (Portugal):
bulbul-bimaculado
Russian:
Оранжеволобый бюльбюль
Slovak:
bylbyl pestrohlavý
Serbian:
Bulbul sa narandžastim pegama
Swedish:
orangetyglad bulbyl
Turkish:
Turuncu alınlı arapbülbülü
Ukrainian:
бюльбюль золотобровий
Chinese:
橙斑鹎
Chinese (Traditional):
橙斑鵯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Orange-spotted Bulbul [bimaculatus or tenggerensis] ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Orange-spotted Bulbul [bimaculatus or tenggerensis] ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
Clements, version 2021:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Orange-spotted Bulbul (Orange-spotted) ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus/tenggerensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Orange-spotted Bulbul (Orange-spotted) ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus/tenggerensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Orange-spotted Bulbul (Orange-spotted) ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus/tenggerensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Orange-spotted Bulbul ( Pycnonotus bimaculatus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pycnonotus [bimaculatus or snouckaerti] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: bulbul bimaculat
Czech: bulbul oranžovoskvrnný
Danish: Orangetøjlet Bulbul
German: Goldfleckbülbül, Goldzügelbülbül
English: Orange-spotted Bulbul, Orange-spotted Bulbul (Orange-spotted), Orange-spotted Bulbul [bimaculatus or tenggerensis]
English, HBW: Orange-spotted Bulbul
English (IOC): Orange-spotted Bulbul
English (United States): Orange-spotted Bulbul
Esperanto: dumakula bulbulo
Spanish: Bulbul Bimaculado, Bulbul Bimaculado (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul bimaculado, Bulbul Bimaculado (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Spanish (HBW): Orange-spotted Bulbul (Orange-spotted)
Estonian: tupsbülbül
Finnish: keltatäpläbulbuli
French: Bulbul bimaculé, Bulbul bimaculé (bimaculatus), Bulbul bimaculé [bimaculatus ou tenggerensis], Bulbul bimaculé [nominal]
Croatian: žutolici bulbul
Hungarian: aranyszárnyú bülbül
Indonesian: Cucak gunung
Italian: Bulbul macchiearancio
Japanese (romaji): akaboshihiyodori (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Japanese: アカボシヒヨドリ, アカボシヒヨドリ (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Scientific: Pycnonotus bimaculatus, Pycnonotus bimaculatus [bimaculatus or tenggerensis], Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus, Pycnonotus bimaculatus bimaculatus/tenggerensis, Turdus bimaculatus
Lithuanian: dvidėmis bulbiulis
Dutch: Goudteugelbuulbuul, Goudteugelbuulbuul (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Norwegian: Oransjeflekkbylbyl, oransjeflekkbylbyl (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Polish: bilbil złotobrewy
Portuguese: bulbul-bimaculado
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-bimaculado
Russian: Двупятнистый настоящий бюльбюль, Оранжеволобый бюльбюль
Slovak: bylbyl pestrohlavý
Serbian: Bulbul sa narandžastim pegama
Swedish: orangetyglad bulbyl, orangetyglad bulbyl (bimaculatus/tenggerensis)
Turkish: Turuncu alınlı arapbülbülü
Ukrainian: бюльбюль золотобровий
Chinese: 橙斑鹎
Chinese (Traditional): 橙斑鵯

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