#1104 · 🐦 birds

Red-vented Bulbul

🇳🇱 Roodbuikbuulbuul ·Pycnonotus cafer

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ryanmac895 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dhruva Punde · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sayak Dolai · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Vijay Anand Ismavel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Surya · CC0
9. © Paul Bedell · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The red-vented bulbul ( Pycnonotus cafer ) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines. It is resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka extending east to Burma and parts of Tibet. It has been introduced in many other parts of the world and has established itself in the wild on several Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii. It has also established itself in parts of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, the United...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,548iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,548 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).