#1454 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-vented Bulbul

🇳🇱 Wenkbrauwbuulbuul ·Pycnonotus goiavier

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ · CC BY 4.0
3. © manojmcn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tan Kok Hui · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrew Mylwaganam · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ultraman Max · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Dong Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Vietnam:© sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0
8. Pasir Ris, Singapore:© Josephyne Ho · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Philippines:© Eve Javier · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tampines, Singapore:© Sharika Vikram Bhat · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-vented bulbul ( Pycnonotus goiavier ), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul , is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines. It is found in a wide variety of open habitats, but not deep forest. It is one of the most common birds in cultivated areas. They appear to be nomadic, roaming from place to place regularly.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,853iNaturalist observations
weight 28 gadult, up to
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.
18,853 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 28 g.
Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1786 (240 years ago).