Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae

Species on page - 3 species in 2 genera (out of 166 species in 32 genera)

Black-fronted bulbul or African Red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)

Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

Brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

Black-fronted bulbul or African Red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) Namibia

Parent and child

Black-fronted bulbul or African Red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Caught red-eyed

African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Windhoek, Namibia
August 11, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Complementary camouflage

Black-fronted bulbul or African Red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Etosha, Namibia
August 17, 2018

Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

Red-whiskered bulbul

Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Lacy Park
San Marino
May 10, 2023
Canon R5

Brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

Brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Family: Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Seoul Forest Park
Korea
October 3, 2025
Canon R5m2

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Created: January 20, 2016 (from sandgrouse.html)
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