Bulbuls

White-spectacled Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthopygos

The White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos) is a 38 g scrub bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Bulbuls

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

38 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Israel, Turkey, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt.

Where to see it: Abdoun (Jordan); Beirut · Sabtieh, Middle East University (Lebanon); Mar Chaaya (Lebanon); Petra (Jordan); Jerusalem Bird Observatory התחנה לחקר ציפורי ירושלים (Israel).

Photo: (c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist