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Red-vented Bulbul

Birds

The red-vented bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of songbirds, a resident breeder across South Asia east to Myanmar that has since established introduced populations in Argentina, Tonga, Fiji, parts of Samoa, the United States and the Cook Islands. It is included on the list of the world's hundred worst invasive alien species, and although a targeted extermination campaign removed it from New Zealand in 1955, isolated sightings there are still reported.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 3
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Dark brown body with scaly pattern, darker or black head, white rump and red vent 1
Scientific Name
Pycnonotus cafer 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Passeriformes, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

Chaparral, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Pycnonotus cafer
Riparian Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Pycnonotus cafer

In Ecosystem

Eastern Himalayas, Ecosystems
Source Red-vented bulbul - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

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Bahrain

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Belgium

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Fiji

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Iran

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Kuwait

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Marshall Islands

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Mexico

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Oman

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Samoa

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Saudi Arabia

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South Asia

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Spain

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Tonga

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Sources
1. Red-vented bulbul - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Description
    The body is dark brown with a scaly pattern while the head is darker or black. The rump is white while the vent is red.
  • included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive alien species
  • In Ecosystem: Eastern Himalayas, Subspecies
    Found in the central and eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Assam, north-eastern India and Bangladesh P. c. stanfordi - Deignan, 1949: Found in northern Burma and south-western China P. c. melanchimus - Deignan, 1949: Found in south-central Burma and northern Thailand P. c. wetmorei - Deignan, 1960: Found in eastern India P. c. saturatus - (Whistler & Kinnear, 1932): Originally de
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2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
4. NatureServe Explorer: Pycnonotus cafer
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G5"
  • In Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparral
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Shrubland/chaparral"
  • In Biome: Riparian Zone, Species characteristics: Riparian
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Riparian"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Red-vented Bulbul
Wikidata Q509455, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pycnonotus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 885
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 885
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Passeriformes","family":"Pycnonotidae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: PasseriformesView the Source
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