Bulbuls

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aurigaster

The Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) is a 44 g scrub bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Bulbuls

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

44 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Thailand, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, Timor-Leste, Taiwan, Myanmar, MO.

Where to see it: Comoro River Estuary (Timor-Leste); Lagoa Maubara (Timor-Leste); Tmatboey (Cambodia); Doi Pha Hom Pok NP · Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San Ju* (general area) (Thailand); TasiTolu Lake (Timor-Leste).

Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist