Grey-bellied Bulbul - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Dave B
Sungai Sedim, Kedah, Malaysia, May 2006

Rubigula cyaniventris

Pycnonotus cyaniventris
Ixodia cyaniventris

Identification

16–17 cm (6-6½ in)
Male

• Blackish lores
• Pale grey supraloral line

Distribution

South-east Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Brunei, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra

Taxonomy

Previously included in Ixodia and Pycnonotus.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• R. c. cyaniventris:

• Southern Burma to Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Sipura Island

• R. c. paroticalis:

• Borneo

Habitat

Sub-montane broadleaf evergreen forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of fruit, with the addition of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Fishpool, L. and J. Tobias (2020). Gray-bellied Bulbul (Rubigula cyaniventris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gybbul1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-bellied Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-bellied_Bulbul

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