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Subspecies vividus. Photo by martinuk
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand, February 2012

Pycnonotus flavescens

Includes: Pale-faced Bulbul

Distribution

Asia: found from India (Assam), to Myanmar, China, Thailand, and Indochina.

Taxonomy

Pale-faced Bulbul was formerly included in Flavescent Bulbul.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• P. f. flavescens: Hills of southern Assam (south of the Brahmaputra) to western Myanmar
• P. f. vividus: North-eastern Burma to south-western China (Yunnan), Thailand and northern Indochina
• P. f. sordidus: Southern Indochina

Habitat

Evergreen montane forest and forest edges. Observed at heights around 3300 meters.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Flavescent Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Flavescent_Bulbul

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