Pycnonotus barbatus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,950 meters (0 to 6,398 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.8     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pycnonotus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 75 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. ansorgei (Ansorge's Greenbul) · P. atriceps (Black Headed Bulbul) · P. atriceps atriceps (Black-Headed Bulbul) · P. aurigaster (Sooty-Headed Bulbul) · P. aurigaster aurigaster (Sooty-Headed Bulbul) · P. barbatus (Garden Bulbul) · P. barbatus barbatus (Garden Bulbul) · P. bimaculatus (Orange Spotted Bulbul) · P. bimaculatus bimaculatus (Orange Spotted Bulbul) · P. blanfordi (Blanford's Olive Bulbul) · P. blanfordi blanfordi (Blanford's Olive Bulbul) · P. brunneus (Asian Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. brunneus brunneus (Asian Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul) · P. cafer cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul) · P. capensis (Cape Bulbul) · P. curvirostris (Plain Greenbul) · (Gray-Bellied Bulbul) · P. cyaniventris cyaniventris (Gray-Bellied Bulbul) · P. dodsoni (Dodson's Bulbul) · P. erythrophthalmus (Green-Throated Greenbul) · P. erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul) · P. erythropthalmos erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul) · (Puff-Backed Bulbul) · P. finlaysoni (Stripe-Throated Bulbul) · P. finlaysoni finlaysoni (Stripe-Throated Bulbul) · P. flavescens (Flavescent Bulbul) · P. fuscoflavescens (Andaman Bulbul) · P. goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul) · P. goiavier goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul) · P. gracilirostris (Slender-Billed Greenbul) · P. gracilis (Little Grey Greenbul) · P. hualon (Bare-Faced Bulbul) · P. importunus (Sombre Greenbul) · P. jocosus (Red-Whiskered BulbulI) · P. jocosus emeria (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. jocosus jocosus (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. latirostris (Yellow-Whiskered Greenbul) · P. leucogenys (White-Cheeked Bulbul) · P. leucogenys leucogenys (White-Cheeked Bulbul) · P. leucogrammicus (Cream Striped Bulbul) · P. leucotis (White-Eared Bulbul) · P. luteolus (White-Browed Bulbul) · P. luteolus luteolus (White-Browed Bulbul) · P. masukuensis (Shelley's Greenbul) · P. melanicterus (Black Crested Bulbul) · P. melanicterus melanicterus (Black-Headed Yellow Bulbul) · (Black-And-White Bulbul) · P. milanjensis (Stripe-Cheeked Greenbul) · P. montanus (Cameroun Montane Greenbul) · P. nieuwenhuisii (Blue Wattled Bulbul) · P. nigricans (African Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. nigricans nigricans (African Red-Eyed Bulbul) · (Yellow-Tufted Bulbul) · P. plumosus (Olive-Winged Bulbul) · P. plumosus plumosus (Olive-Winged Bulbul) · P. priocephalus (Gray Headed Bulbul) · P. simplex (White Eyed Brown Bulbul) · P. sinensis (Light-Vented Bulbul) · P. sinensis sinensis (Light-Vented Bulbul) · P. somaliensis (Somali Bulbul) · (Scaly-Breasted Bulbul) · P. striatus (Striated Green Bulbul) · P. striatus striatus (Striated Green Bulbul) · P. taivanus (Formosan Bulbul) · P. tephrolaemus (Grey-Throated Greenbul) · P. tricolor (Dark-Capped Bulbul) · (Olive-Crowned Bulbul) · P. urostictus (Yellow Wattled Bulbul) · P. virens (Hall's Greenbul) · P. xantholaemus (Yellow-Throated Bulbul) · P. xanthopygos (White-Spectacled Bulbul) · P. xanthorrhous (Brown-Breasted Bulbul) · P. xanthorrhous xanthorrhous (Brown-Breasted Bulbul) · P. zeylanicus (Straw-Crowned Bulbul)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Pycnonotus barbatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 27, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5437
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562602
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13633693
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562602
• IUCN ID: 238258
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146267

Footnotes

1. Mean = 809.290 meters (2,655.151 feet), Standard Deviation = 751.580 based on 185 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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