White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)

Other Names (World)
White-eared Bulbul, White-cheeked Bulbul(!)

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B) (NB), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic.

Vagrant to Israel.

Introduced to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman (B), Qatar, Saudi Arabia (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)...)

White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) [XC405186]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Tiab, Hormozgan Province, Iran (song)

White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) [XC409926]
by Oscar Campbell from Kutch, Gujarat, India (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus), Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis), White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos), Black-fronted Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) and Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys), possibly including some other species. Hybridizes with Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) in eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan (putative subspecies humii represents a hybrid swarm) and often treated as conspecific, but differs morphologically, and hybridization zone is relatively abrupt. Elsewhere, sometimes hybridizes with Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), including in Oman (where latter introduced). Old record of mixed pair of present species and Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus), but no hybrids known (and ranges apparently do not meet). Subspecies mesopotamia (erroneously emended to to "mesopotamiae") only marginally differentiated and its validity requires review.

Proposed subspecies farahensis (Afghanistan) and dactylus (Saudi Arabia) not reliably distinguishable.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

mesopotamia Ticehurst, 1918 - Eastern and south-eastern Iraq, southern Iran and Kuwait. Also eastern Saudi Arabia (and probably introduced inland, at Riyadh) south to United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman (probably introduced).
leucotis (Gould, 1836) - South-eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan (except far north) and north-western India (east to western Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh, also north-western Maharashtra).
dactylus Ripley, 1951 - Persian Gulf coast of eastern Arabia.

References
See References.

Files:

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