Bulbuls
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Published : October 14, 2016
| Last modified on July 4th, 2017 at 2:27 pm
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds.
Type:
Aves
Diet:
Size:
Medium sized
Weight:
Protection Status:
Least Concern
General Background:
Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.
There are 130 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in Zimbabwe.
- Red-whiskered bulbul
- Common bulbul
- Black-fronted bulbul
- Sombre greenbul
- Stripe-cheeked bulbul
- Yellow-bellied greenbul
- Terrestial brownbul
- Yellow-streaked bulbul
- Lowland tiny greenbul
- Yellow-spotted nicator
- Eastern nicator
