#1376 · 🐦 birds
Light-vented Bulbul
🇳🇱 Chinese Buulbuul ·Pycnonotus sinensis
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what is it?
The light-vented bulbul ( Pycnonotus sinensis ) is a species of bird in the bulbul family. It is found in central and southern China, northern Vietnam and Taiwan.
base stats
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.
- 28,143 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 30 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Light-vented Bulbul
- Nederlands
- Chinese Buulbuul
- scientific name
- Pycnonotus sinensis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Pycnonotidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 28,143
- GBIF records in NL
- 3
- weight
- 29.9 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1789 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pycnonotidae
#1097 📷 10Red-whiskered Bulbul
🇳🇱 Roodoorbuulbuul
Pycnonotus jocosus
LC 🌍 28.1k seen
#1104 📷 9Red-vented Bulbul
🇳🇱 Roodbuikbuulbuul
Pycnonotus cafer
LC 🌍 22.5k seen
#1444 📷 7Brown-eared Bulbul
🇳🇱 Bruinoorbuulbuul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
LC 🌍 19.8k seen
#1454 📷 10Yellow-vented Bulbul
🇳🇱 Wenkbrauwbuulbuul
Pycnonotus goiavier
LC 🌍 18.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 14621, Wikidata Q1061015, GBIF 2486150, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.