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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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Passeriformes
Family:
Pycnonotidae
Genus:
Pycnonotus
Scientific:
Pycnonotus sinensis
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
Type locality:
China; type locality here restricted to Canton, Kwangtung.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/443/mode/1up
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) eastward to Jiangsu, and southward 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: southern China (southwestern Guangdong and southern Guangxi); northern Vietnam; Hainan
- Pycnonotus formosae formosae: Taiwan
- Pycnonotus formosae orii: southern Ryukyu Islands (Yonaguni and Ishigaki, southern Japan)
Source: Clements checklist
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. 2023 (May 2023): Light-vented or Taiwan Bulbul ( Pycnonotus [sinensis or formosae]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): 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]) |
| Avilist 2025: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| 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] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): 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, version 2023: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: 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] |
| eBird version 2023: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: 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] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: 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] |
| 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
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
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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