General names
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome.
The bulbuls are known in Chinese as 鵯 . The most commonly seen bulbul, the Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis), is known as the 白頭翁 or 'white-headed old man' (officially changed to 白頭鵯 'white-headed bulbul' on the Mainland).
Species names
SCIENTIFIC & ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
JAPANESE |
OTHER |
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Latin |
English |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
Chinese (Mainland) |
Other Ch |
Japanese |
Other J |
Korean |
Vietnamese |
| Spizixos | ||||||||
| Spizixos semitorques |
Collared finchbill Collared finch-billed bulbul Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul |
白環鸚嘴鵯 'white-ringed parrot-billed bulbul' |
領雀嘴鵯 'collared finch-billed bulbul' (1, 2, 3, 4) 綠鸚嘴鵯 'green parrot-billed bulbul' (5) |
カヤノボリ (萱昇) kaya-nobori 'thatch climber' |
Chào mào khoang cổ 'collared spotted chao mao' |
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| Pycnonotus | ||||||||
| Pycnonotus sinensus |
Light-vented bulbul Chinese bulbul |
白頭翁 'white-headed old-man' |
白頭鵯 'white-headed bulbul' |
白頭婆 'white-headed old-woman' |
シロガシラ (白頭) shiro-gashira 'white head' |
줄무늬머리직박구리 julmunui-meori-jikbakguri 'stripe-headed bulbul' or 검은이마직박구리 geomeun-ima-jikbakguri 'black-browed bulbul' |
Bông lau Trung Quốc 'Chinese bong lau' |
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Pycnonotus taivanus![]() |
Styan's bulbul Formosan bulbul Taiwan bulbul |
烏頭翁 'dark-headed old-man' |
台灣鵯 'Taiwan bulbul' |
クロガシラ (黒頭) kuro-gashira 'black head' |
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| Microscelis | ||||||||
| Microscelis amaurotis Ixos amaurotis Hypsipetes amaurotis |
Brown-eared bulbul Chestnut-eared bulbul |
棕耳鵯 'reddish-brown-eared bulbul' |
栗耳短腳鵯 'chestnut-eared short-legged bulbul' |
ヒヨドリ (鵯) hiyo-dori 'bulbul-bird' |
ヒヨ (鵯) hiyo 'bulbul' ヒエドリ (鵯) hie-dori 'hie bird' |
직박구리 jikbakguri 'bulbul' |
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| Hypsipetes | ||||||||
| Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
Black bulbul | 紅嘴黑鵯 'red-billed black bulbul' |
黑短腳鵯 'black short-legged bulbul' or 黑鵯 'black bulbul' (Alternative in 1, 3) Note![]() |
山白頭 'mountain white head' 白頭黑鵯 'white-headed black bulbul' |
クロヒヨドリ (黒鵯) kuro hiyo-dori 'black bulbul' |
Cành cạch đen 'black canh cach' Note![]() |
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