Black-headed Bulbul

Brachypodius melanocephalos - Bulbul cap-nègre

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Pycnonotidés
Genus
:
Brachypodius
Species
:
melanocephalos

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 18 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 20 à 30 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-headed Bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos) is a species of bird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Brachypodius melanocephalos melanocephalos (ne India and Bangladesh though Southeast Asia to the Greater Sundas and w Philippines)
Brachypodius melanocephalos hyperemnus (w Sumatran islands)
Brachypodius melanocephalos baweanus (Bawean I.. n of Java.)
Brachypodius melanocephalos hodiernus (Maratua I.. off e Borneo.)

Foreign names

Bulbul cap-nègre,
Bulbul cabecinegro,
bulbul-de-cabeça-preta,
Schwarzkopfbülbül,
feketefejű bülbül,
Zwartkopbuulbuul,
Bulbul testanera,
svarthuvad bulbyl,
Svarthodebylbyl,
bylbyl čiernohlavý,
bulbul černohlavý,
Sorthovedet Bulbul,
mustahuppubulbuli,
bulbul capnegre,
bilbil czarnogłowy,
Черноголовый настоящий бюльбюль,
Cucak kuricang,
ズグロヒヨドリ,
黑头鹎,
นกปรอดทอง,
黑頭鵯,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest