Light-vented Bulbul
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
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://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656437
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
BC0FE100E2170F0E
Avibase ID:
avibase-BC0FE100
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BC0FE100
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
Light-vented Bulbul
German:
Chinesenbülbül
Spanish:
Bulbul Chino
Finnish:
kiinanbulbuli
French:
Bulbul de Chine
Italian:
Bulbul culchiaro
Chinese:
白头鹎
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Light-vented Bulbul [sinensis or hainanus] ( Pycnonotus sinensis [sinensis or hainanus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Light-vented Bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pycnonotus [sinensis or formosae]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Chinesenbülbül
English: Light-vented Bulbul, Light-vented Bulbul [sinensis or hainanus]
Spanish: Bulbul Chino
Estonian: hiina bülbül
Finnish: kiinanbulbuli
French: Bulbul de Chine, Bulbul de Chine (sinensis), Bulbul de Chine [sinensis ou hainanus]
Italian: Bulbul culchiaro
Scientific: Muscicapa [] sinensis, Muscicapa sinensis, Pycnonotus sinensis, Pycnonotus sinensis [sinensis or hainanus], Pycnonotus sinensis sinensis
Mongolian: алаг толгой, толгои алаг шагшуур, шарь шувуухай
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): алаг толгой, толгои алаг шагшуур, шарь шувуухай
Thai: นกปรอดจีน
Vietnamese: Bông lau Trung Quốc
Chinese: 白头鹎
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