Pycnonotidae
Sign in to saveThe bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. There are 166 species in 32 genera. While different species are found in a wide range of habitats, the African species are predominantly found in rainforest, whereas Asian bulbuls are predominantly found in more open areas.
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Pycnonotidae is a family of medium-sized songbirds that includes bulbuls, greenbuls, brownbuls, and related species, with 166 species spread across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and nearby islands. These birds matter as important members of diverse ecosystems, with African species mainly inhabiting rainforests while Asian species adapt to more open environments.
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Species
bulbuls
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPycnonotidae
鹎科 (Bulbuls)（学名Pycnonotidae）在鸟类传统分类系统中是鸟纲雀形目中的一个科，是分布在非洲和亚洲热带地区的中等体型鸣禽，包括大约130种。 紅鬍鵯，屬於亞洲鵯。
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- Taxonomy
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- Description
- Behaviour and ecology
- Breeding
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The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. There are 166 species in 32 genera. While different species are found in a wide range of habitats, the African species are predominantly found in rainforest, whereas Asian bulbuls are predominantly found in more open areas.
==Taxonomy== The family Pycnonotidae was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 as a subfamily Pycnonotinae of the thrush family Turdidae.