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Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) panderusterancu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.

China	12,936
Taiwan	4,559
Taiwan Province	4,228
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	1,624
Jiangsu Province	1,239
Zhejiang Province	851
Taipei	843
Shanghai Municipality	751
Yilan County	616
Beijing Municipality	615

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

Fruit eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fruit.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Group and habits

Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Birds · Aves
Order	Perching Birds · Passeriformes
Family	Bulbuls · Pycnonotidae
Genus	Typical Bulbuls · Pycnonotus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Light-vented Bulbul with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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