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Pycnonotus jocosus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red-whiskered Bulbul

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101321
Element CodeABPBF01020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyPycnonotidae
GenusPycnonotus
Other Common Names
Bulbul orphée (FR)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-03
Change Date1996-12-03
Range Extent Comments
Native to south-central and southeastern Asia. Introduced and established in Hawaii (well established in Honolulu, Oahu; expanding throughout island), southern Florida, Australia, and Nicobar Islands.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Forest edge and clearings, second-growth woodland, brushy areas, cultivated lands, villages, suburban residential areas (AOU 1983). Suburbs and parklands of Miami area in Florida. Nests in shrub, small tree, or vine, usually in twig fork, 0.5-2.5 m above ground (Harrison 1978).

Reproduction

Eggs have been recorded in March in Florida; nests January-August in Hawaii. Clutch size is 2-4 (usually 3); 2-3 broods per year in India. Incubation, by both sexes, lasts 12-14 days. Young are tended by both parents, leave nest at about 13 days, independent at 3 weeks.
Terrestrial Habitats
Old fieldSuburban/orchard
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNANo
FloridaSNANo
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Magic MountainAngeles National Forest15,542
References (13)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
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  4. Harrison, C. 1978. A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. Collins, Cleveland, Ohio.
  5. Horn, H. S. 1968. The adaptive significance of colonial nesting in the Brewer's Blackbird. Ecology 49:682-694.
  6. Ligon, J. D. 1971. Late summer-autumnal breeding of the piñon jay in New Mexico. Condor 73:147-153.
  7. Moore, W. S., and R. A. Dolbeer. 1989. The use of banding recovery data to estimate dispersal rates and gene flow in avian species: case studies in the Red-winged Blackbird and Common Grackle. Condor 91:242-253.
  8. National Geographic Society (NGS). 1983. Field guide to the birds of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
  9. Tarvin, K. A., and G. E. Woolfenden. 1999. Blue Jay (<i>Cyanocitta cristata</i>). No. 469 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, editors. The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 32pp.
  10. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  11. Thompson, F. R., III. 1994. Temporal and spatial patterns of breeding brown-headed cowbirds in the midwestern United States. Auk 111:979-990.
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  13. Willson, M. F. 1966. Breeding ecology of the Yellow-headed Blackbird. Ecological Monographs 36:51-77.