Straw-headed Bulbul

The Straw-headed Bulbul is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) is a popular cage bird valued for its “glorious bubbling song.” The 1994 Singapore Red Data book designated the bird as “vulnerable” as the birds were regularly trapped for the songbird trade. It was then known that small populations existed in a number of locations on the main island, with the largest concentration of an estimated 60 birds in Pulau Ubin. More

* Straw-headed Bulbul takes Leea indica fruits In November 2009, Chan Wei Luen a.k.a. luenny photographed... * White-headed Munia and Panicum maximum Howard Banwell sent in images of the White-headed Munia... * Plaintive Cuckoo handling caterpillars “I've observed this juvenile Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) for... More

Straw-headed Bulbul takes Leea indica fruits - Posted by BESG on 15 December 09, Tuesday Contributed by Chan Wei Luen In November 2009, Chan Wei Luen a.k.a. luenny photographed a Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) eating the fruits of a Red Tree-vine (Leea indica). This is a small tree of up to 10 metres high. The berries are purple, turning black. More

Living on the Edge: The Straw-headed Bulbul in Pulau Ubin Untitled1 Picture by Sian, courtesy of Dr. Ho Hua Chew Singapore tends to be seen as a place where wildlife is barely hanging on. Its native megafauna has long been extinguished, while a handful of endemics cling to the precipice of extinction in the island’s fragile central reserves. More

Straw-headed bulbul is the largest amongst bulbuls reaching 1 feet long. Stout with a short-necked, longish tails and slender bills.pale-headed bulbul with conspicuous black moustache. Crown and ear coverts straw-orange; Back olive-brown, streaked with white; wings and tail greenish brown; chin and throat white; chest grey, streaked with white; belly grey; vent yellow. Iris - reddish; bill - black; feet - dark brown. Plumage of males and females is similar like most bulbuls . More

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The Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, plantations , and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss. More