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Pycnonotus priocephalus

(Gray Headed Bulbul)

Overview

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Near Threatened

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Bulbul

Common Names in Danish:

Gr

Common Names in Dutch:

Grijskop-Buulbuul, Grijskopbuulbuul

Common Names in English:

Gray Headed Bulbul, Gray-headed Bulbul, Grey-headed Bulbul

Common Names in Finnish:

Harmaakaulusbulbuli

Common Names in French:

Bulbul colombar

Common Names in German:

Graukopfb, Graukopfbülbül

Common Names in Italian:

Bulbul Testagrigia, Bulbul Testagrigia Indiano

Common Names in Japanese:

Haigashirahiyodori, ハイガシラヒヨドリ

Common Names in Latin:

Pycnonotus priocephalus

Common Names in Polish:

Bilbil Szaroglowy

Common Names in Spanish:

Bulbul Cabecigr, Bulbul De Cabeza Gris

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: This species uses two distinct elevation zones during the breeding and non-breeding season . During the breeding season , individuals are restricted to the mid-elevation evergreen forests (700-1,400m). During the non-breeding season, it is present in lower altitude moist deciduous and scrub forests. Reed-bamboos (Ochlandra spp. ) are thought to be an important nesting plant, and it is not seen in shola forests and altered habitats such as plantations, suggesting that is is a habitat specialist. Individuals show local migration during breeding and non-breeding seasons in response to the variation in fruit abundance and adverse climatic conditions2. It breeds from March to July and the female lays a clutch of one to two eggs . Its diet consists of berries and other fruit, and also a small proportion of insects. It forages at all levels of forest and in tall vine-laden shrubs , often singly or in pairs, but sometimes in groups of four to eight individuals1.

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Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Pycnonotus priocephalus (Jerdon, 1839)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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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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Data Sources

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Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2010. Pycnonotus priocephalus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012