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Light-vented or Taiwan Bulbul

Pycnonotus [sinensis or formosae] (= Pycnonotus sinensis) (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The light-vented bulbul, also called the Chinese bulbul, is a species of bird in the bulbul family found in central and southern China, Hong Kong, Macao, northern Vietnam, southern Japan and Taiwan, with occasional records from South Korea. A common species of songbird that favors lightly wooded habitats, it can frequently be seen in towns, suburbs and urban parks within its range. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.942

Protonym:
  [Muscicapa] sinensis

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656437

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BB5650EB5955FE5C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BB5650EB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BB5650EB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562626

Geographic range:

  • Pycnonotus sinensis sinensis: central and eastern China (Sichuan and southern Shaanxi) east to Jiangsu, and south to Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian; also isolated sites in Beijing and Hebei); partially migratory, some moving in winter to central Vietnam, Hainan, and South Korea
  • Pycnonotus sinensis hainanus: S China (sw Guangdong and s Guangxi); n Vietnam; Hainan
  • Pycnonotus formosae formosae: Taiwan
  • Pycnonotus formosae orii: S Ryukyu Islands (Yonaguni and Ishigaki)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Light-vented or Taiwan Bulbul
French:
Bulbul de Chine ou B. de Hartert

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pycnonotus [sinensis, formosae or taivanus]

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: bulbul de la Xina
Czech: Bulbul cínský, bulbul čínský
Danish: Kinesisk Bulbul
German: Chinabülbül, Chinesenbülbül
English: Chinese Bulbul, Light-vented Bulbul, Light-vented or Taiwan Bulbul, White-vented Bulbul
English, HBW: Light-vented Bulbul
English (IOC): Light-vented Bulbul
English (United States): Light-vented Bulbul
Spanish: Bulbul Chino
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul Chino
Spanish (HBW): Light-vented Bulbul
Finnish: Kiinanbulbuli
French: Bulbul de Chine, Bulbul de Chine ou B. de Hartert
Croatian: kineski bulbul
Hungarian: kerti bülbül
Italian: Bulbul cinese, Bulbul culchiaro
Japanese (romaji): shirogashira, shiro-gashira
Japanese: シロガシラ
Japanese (Kanji): 白頭
Korean: 검은이마직박구리, 줄무늬머리직박구리, 줄무늬머리직박구리 / 검은이마직박구리
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-ima-jikbakguri, julmunui-meori-jikbakguri
Scientific: Muscicapa [] sinensis, Muscicapa sinensis, Pycnonotus [sinensis or formosae], Pycnonotus sinensis, Pycnonotus sinensis sinensis
Lithuanian: Kininis bulbiulis
Latvian: Ķīnas bulbulis
Dutch: Chinese Buulbuul
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kinabylbyl
Norwegian: Kinabylbyl
Polish: bilbil chinski, bilbil chiński, Bilbil ogrodowy
Pinyin: bái-tóu bēi, bái-tóu pō, bái-tóu wēng
Portuguese: bulbul-chinês
Portuguese (Portugal): bulbul-chinês
Russian: Бюль-бюль китайский, Китайский бюльбюль
Slovak: bylbyl čínsky
Serbian: Japanski bulbul
Swedish: Kinabulbyl, kinesisk bulbyl
Thai: นกปรอดจีน
Thai (Transliteration): nók pa-ròaat ciin
Turkish: Çin arapbülbülü
Ukrainian: Бюльбюль китайський
Vietnamese: Chim Bông lau gáy trắng, Chim Bông lau Trung Quốc
Chinese: 白头婆, 白头鹎, 白頭翁, 白頭鵯
Chinese (Traditional): 白頭婆, 白頭翁, 白頭翁〔白頭鵯〕, 白頭鵯
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白頭翁
Chinese (Taiwan): 白头翁

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