need bird ID in Saudi Arabia (1 Viewer)

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amy4hsales

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #1

There are a lot of these small backyard birds where I live in Taif, western Saudi Arabia, in the mountains at about 3000 feet elevation and about 100 kilometers from the Red Sea. I have attached a photo of this bird, I would love to know what it is since there are so many of them and they wake me up every morning with their loud song.

quick description - size of a robin, black head and black thin beak, cream belly, grey wings, striking cream colored eye rings, a black tail with yellow underneath.

 

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mountain man

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #2

My monitor is rubbish and I can't make out a lot, but seems like a Bulbul. Yellow-vented Bulbul?

 

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James Lowther

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #3

That is a species of bulbul whose name escapes me - yellow-vented maybe?

 

JANJ

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #4

Hi,
your bird is a Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonatus xanthopygos)
JanJ

 

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steverowe

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #5

Yes, I agree with Tom, Yellow Vented Bulbul

 

cuckooroller

Registered User

• Jun 23, 2005

• #6

Just to be redundant. As identified already. Unmistakeable in it's range for it's totally black head and very conspicuous white periocular ring.

 

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mountain man

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #7

http://www.birdforum.net/bird_view.php?bid=9892

http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery...r=&[email protected]&password=

???

Can someone clarify the English names? This clearly isn't the same Yellow-vented Bulbul.

 

Last edited: Jun 23, 2005

cuckooroller

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #8

tom mckinney said:

http://www.birdforum.net/bird_view.php?bid=9892

http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery...r=&[email protected]&password=

???

Can someone clarify the English names? This clearly isn't the same Yellow-vented Bulbul.

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Hi Tom,

A case of conflicting English Common Names in this case. It is called the White-spectacled Bulbul by the Sibley-Monroe (i.e. that used in the BF Datab ase).

 

cuckooroller

Registered User

• Jun 23, 2005

• #9

Just to clarify. All of the major lists now call this White-spectacled Bulbul. I should have made the exception but I didn't think to as I know that this is also a synonym used for this bird. This from John Pennhallurick's great site "Bird Data Project"

English Synonyms:

Dark-capped Bulbul
Black-capped Bulbul
White-eyed Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul

 

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mountain man

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• Jun 23, 2005

• #10

Thanks Steve.