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The Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found from the Indian subcontinent to southeast Asia.
Distribution and habitat This is a bird of forest and dense scrub.
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Taxonomy and systematics The Black-crested Bulbul was originally described in the genus Vanga. Until 2008, the Black-crested Bulbul was considered as conspecific with the black-capped, ruby-throated, flame-throated and Bornean bulbuls.
Subspecies Eight subspecies are recognized:
• Black-crested yellow bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris flaviventris) - (Tickell, 1833): Found from Nepal, northern and eastern India to southern China and central Myanmar
•Pycnonotus flaviventris vantynei - Deignan, 1948: Found from eastern and southern Myanmar to southern China and northern Indochina
•Pycnonotus flaviventris xanthops - Deignan, 1948: Found in south-eastern Myanmar and western Thailand
•Pycnonotus flaviventris auratus - Deignan, 1948: Found in north-eastern Thailand and western Laos
•Pycnonotus flaviventris johnsoni - (Gyldenstolpe, 1913): Originally described as a separate species. Found in central and south-eastern Thailand, southern Indochina
•Pycnonotus flaviventris elbeli - Deignan, 1954: Found on islands off south-eastern Thailand
•Pycnonotus flaviventris negatus - Deignan, 1954: Found in southern Myanmar and south-western Thailand
•Pycnonotus flaviventris caecilii - Deignan, 1948: Found on the northern Malay Peninsula
Description The Black-crested Bulbul is generally about 19 cm in length. As the name suggests, the head of this bulbul is black while the rest of its body is different shades of yellow. Both the male and female are similar in plumage. One can make out a younger bird by its slightly duller coloring.
Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use)
20th of February 2016 Location: Kaeng Krachan National Park
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And my new aid, maybe, and I say maybe the best aid. I brought my mobile phone as my SIM card have stopped working and I tried to get it to work again so I can use the internet. Thus I had my phone in my pocket on my first game drive in Jim Corbett National Park.
We saw a bird and I asked my Guide and the driver if they had a pen and a paper as I had forgot my pen and paper in my room. I remembered my LG phone and I recorded the name. And thus I will always bring my phone. Writing the name in the car and I have found more than once that it can be hard to read what I had wrote when I'm back in my room.
So now I always have my mobile in my pocket and it has been a great help. And from November 2018 I use eBird. Bird watching in U.A.E and Oman and my guide in Dubai recommended eBird and I have used the app since then and I note every bird I can identify in my eBird app.
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 20 February 2016 - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 20 February 2016 - Kaeng Krachan National Park
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 26 February 2018 - Wat Tham Pha Plong, Doi Chiang Dao
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 26 February 2018 - Wat Tham Pha Plong, Doi Chiang Dao
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 26 February 2018 - Wat Tham Pha Plong, Doi Chiang Dao
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 8 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 8 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 8 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 8 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 18 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 18 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Sooty-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดหัวสีเขม่า - 18 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 18 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 18 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi
Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก - 19 May 2020 - Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi