Orange-spotted bulbul

Orange-spotted bulbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Pycnonotus bimaculatus
(Horsfield, 1821)

The orange-spotted bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is endemic to Java, Bali and Sumatra.

It favors forest edges and open meadows in montane forests.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pycnonotus bimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. MacKinnon, John; Karen Phillips (1993). A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 273.


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