Buff-vented Bulbul - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Jason Tan
Malaysia

Iole crypta

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Formerly considered conspecific with Charlotte's Bulbul.

Habitat

Various habitats including broadleaved evergreen forest and forest eges up to 825m and riverine rain forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes fruit, particularly figs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Buff-vented Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-vented_Bulbul

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