Light-vented bulbul | |
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Song in Taiwan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Pycnonotus |
Species: | P. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Pycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Blue: Extant (breeding), Pink: Extant (resident), Purple: Extant (non-breeding) | |
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The light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis), also called the Chinese bulbul, is a species of bird in the bulbul family found in central and southern China, Hong Kong, Macao, the Philippines northern Vietnam, southern Japan and Taiwan, with occasional records from South Korea. A common species of songbird that favors lightly wooded habitats, it can frequently be seen in towns, suburbs and urban parks within its range.