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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

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 or formosae]: lowland to foothill open woodland, scrub, cultivation, gardens, from central and northeastern China, coastal Korea, and Ryukyu Archipelago (southern Japan) southward to northern Vietnam and southeastern China including Hainan, and Taiwan; northeastern populations migratory to central Vietnam
  • 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)
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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. 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. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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, version 2025:
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):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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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:
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eBird version 1.54:
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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]
eBird version 2025:
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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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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:
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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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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]
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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Azerbaijani: Çin bülbülü
Bulgarian: Китайски бюлбюл
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 (Avilist): Light-vented Bulbul
English, HBW: Light-vented Bulbul
English (Hong Kong SAR China): Chinese Bulbul
English (IOC): Light-vented Bulbul
English (United States): Light-vented Bulbul
Esperanto: ĉinia bulbulo
Spanish: Bulbul Chino
Spanish (Spain): Bulbul Chino
Spanish (HBW): Light-vented Bulbul
Estonian: hiina bülbül
Finnish: Kiinanbulbuli
French: Bulbul de Chine, Bulbul de Chine ou B. de Hartert
French (Guyane): Bulbul de Chine
Croatian: kineski bulbul
Hungarian: kerti bülbül
Icelandic: Hæruglymur
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
Mongolian: Нангиад бөлбөл
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 (Hong Kong): 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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