Birds Thru My Eyes : CHINA / HONG KONG: Red-whiskered Bulbul

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Pycnonotidae 鹎科 (Bulbuls)
Genus - Pycnonotus 鹎属

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

红耳鹎

Size : 18–20.5 cm; 25–31 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Pycnonotus jocosus abuensis (Whistler, 1931)
– NW India (W Rajasthan, W Gujarat, N Maharashtra, but absent from more arid areas).
Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus (Gould, 1866)
– W & C India.
Pycnonotus jocosus pyrrhotis (Bonaparte, 1850)
– N India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab E to Arunachal Pradesh) and Nepal.
Pycnonotus jocosus emeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
– E India (Ganges Delta S to Rameswaram, in Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, N, W & S Myanmar (including Arakan Hills) and SW Thailand.
Pycnonotus jocosus whistleri (Deignan, 1948)
– Andaman Is.
Pycnonotus jocosus monticola (Horsfield, 1840)
– E Himalayas in NE India and S Tibet E to N Myanmar and S China (Yunnan).
Pycnonotus jocosus pattani (Deignan, 1948)
– extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), Thailand, N Peninsular Malaysia, Laos and S Indochina.
Pycnonotus jocosus hainanensis (Hachisuka, 1939)
– N Vietnam and S China (S Guangdong, including Naozhou I).
Pycnonotus jocosus jocosus (Linneaus, 1758)
– SE China (Guizhou E to Guangxi, E Guangdong and Hong Kong).

Introduced (races unknown) in E Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Mauritius,
Nicobar Is, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Penang), Singapore, Borneo (Brunei),
E Australia, Hawaii (Oahu), SW & SE USA (California, Florida), Spain (Valencia)
and Canary Is.