Bearded Bulbul (Criniger barbatus)

Other Names (World)
Western Bearded Greenbul, Bearded Bulbul, Western Bearded Bulbul, Western Bearded-Greenbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, C�te dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Western Bearded Greenbul (Criniger barbatus) [XC353972]
by Juha Honkala from Parc National de la For\u00eat de Ta\u00ef, Ivory Coast (song)

Western Bearded Greenbul (Criniger barbatus) [XC792180]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Ankasa, Ghana (alarm call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Eastern Bearded Greenbul (Criniger chloronotus), and often considered conspecific, but exhibits appreciable vocal as well as plumage differences. Subspecies ansorgeanus is morphologically and geographically intermediate between nominate subspecies and Eastern Bearded Greenbul (Criniger chloronotus) and could perhaps be considered a subspecies of Eastern Bearded Greenbul (Criniger chloronotus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

barbatus (Temminck, 1821) - Sierra Leone and south-eastern Guinea east to south-western Togo and southern Benin.
ansorgeanus Hartert, 1907 - Southern Nigeria.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Bearded Bulbul (Criniger barbatus) - 10 files

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