Pycnonotidae: The Bulbuls

Ethan has documented 37 out of 151 species of bulbul. 

Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-Whiskered Bulbul)

Iole indica (Yellow-Browed Bulbul)

Rubigula gularis (Flame-Throated Bulbul)

A Western Ghats endemic.

Rubigula dispar (Ruby-Throated Bulbul)

Pycnonotus finlaysoni (Stripe-Throated Bulbul)

Ethan claims he used an “advanced photography technique” to get this shot.

Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Straw-Headed Bulbul)

This critically endangered boy tried to flee but Ethan was too fast and got this record shot. 

Pycnonotus bimaculatus (Orange-Spotted Bulbul)

Pycnonotus conradi (Streak-Eared Bulbul)

Pycnonotus simplex (Cream-Vented Bulbul)

Iole propinqua (Gray-Eyed Bulbul)

Pycnonotus brunneus (Red-Eyed Bulbul)

Ixos mcclellandii (Mountain Bulbul)

Pycnonotus cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul)

Without out a doubt Ethan’s least favorite bulbul. A distracting trash bird.

Pycnonotus aurigaster (Sooty-Headed Bulbul)

Pycnonotus leucotis (White-Eared Bulbul)

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous (Brown-Breasted Bulbul)

Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul)

Hypsipetes thompsoni (White-Headed Bulbul)

Pycnonotus striatus (Striated Bulbul)

Ixos virescens (Sunda Bulbul)

Alophoixus finschii (Finsch’s Bulbul)

Alophoixus ochraceus (Ochraceous Bulbul)

Alophoixus tephrogenys (Gray-Cheeked Bulbul)

Alophoixus pallidus (Puff-Throated Bulbul)

Alophoixus phaeocephalus (Yellow-Bellied Bulbul)

Alophoixus flaveolus (White-Throated Bulbul)

Pycnonotus flavescens (Flavescent Bulbul) 

Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Yellow-Throated Bulbul)

A fairly rare and threatened bulbul. This one landed practically on top of Ethan as he was waiting for it to visit him on Matanga hill.

Pycnonotus luteolus (White-Browed Bulbul)

Hemixos flavala (Ashy Bulbul)

Pycnonotus goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul)

Rubigula cyaniventris (Gray-Bellied Bulbul)

Brachypodius melanocephalos (Black-Headed Bulbul)

Pycnonotus flaviventris (Black-Crested Bulbul)

Tricholestes criniger (Hairy-Backed Bulbul)

Rubigula erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul)

Spizixos canifrons (Crested Finchbill)

Like a Bulbul, but cooler