Common Bulbul / Pycnonotus barbatus LC
- Synonyms Garden Bulbul (nominate), Garden, Garden Bulbul, Dodson's or Dark-capped Bulbul, Common Bulbul (Common), Garden Bulbul [barbatus], Dark-capped Bulbul, Somali, Black-eyed Bulbul, White-vented Bulbul, Garden Bulbul [nominate]
- Old latin name for bird Turdus barbatus, Ixos tricolor, Pycnonotus tricolor
Common Bulbulbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Common Bulbul
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Common Bulbul subspecies (10)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pycnonotus barbatus arsinoe | e Chad, n, c Sudan and e Egypt | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus barbatus | Morocco to Tunisia | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus dodsoni | n Somalia and se Ethiopia to ec Kenya | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus gabonensis | c Nigeria and c Cameroon to Gabon and s Congo | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus inornatus | s Mauritania and Senegal to w Chad and n Cameroon | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus layardi | se Kenya to e, s Zambia, ne Botswana and South Africa | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus | se Sudan, w, c, e Ethiopia, Eritrea | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus somaliensis | Djibouti, nw Somalia and ne Ethiopia | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus spurius | s Ethiopia | - | No |
| Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor | e Cameroon to DR Congo, s Sudan, w, c Kenya, Angola, nw Botswana and n, w Zambia | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartoogtiptol, Gewone Tiptol (Gewone), Gewone/Swartoogtiptol |
| Basque | Bulbul barbat |
| Belarusian | Барадаты бюльбюль |
| Breton | Bulbul boutin |
| Bulgarian | Брадат бюлбюл, Градински бюлбюл, Брадат бюлбюл [Група barbatus] |
| Catalan | Bulbul barbat, bulbul de ventre blanc, bulbul comú |
| Chinese | 黑眼鹎 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 羽鬚鵯 |
| Croatian | sivi bulbul |
| Czech | Bylbyl zahradní, bulbul zahradní, bulbul zahradní [skupina barbatus] |
| Danish | Berberbulbul [barbatus Gruppe], Berberbulbul |
| Dutch | Grauwe Buulbuul (barbatus groep), Grauwe Buulbuul |
| Esperanto | Blankecanusa bulbulo |
| Estonian | aedbülbül |
| Finnish | kyläbulbuli, Tarhabulbuli |
| French | Bulbul des jardins (barbatus), Bulbul tricolore, Bulbul des jardins [barbatus], Bulbul des jardins (nominal), B. de Dodson ou B. tricolore, Bulbul des jardins, Bulbul commun, B. somalien |
| Frisian | Skiere búlbúl |
| Galician | Bulbul, Bulbul común, Bulbul barbat |
| German | Graubülbül, Graubülbül [barbatus-Gruppe], Gelbsteißbülbül |
| Greek | Κοινός Πυκνόνωτος, Κρυπτότσιχλα, Κοινός Πυκνόνωτος [barbatus ομάδα], Κοινός Πυκνόνωτος [barbatus] |
| Hebrew | בולבול, בולבול אפריקאי, בולבול אפריקני |
| Hungarian | Berber bülbül, barna bülbül |
| Icelandic | Garðaglymur [barbatus hópur], Garðaglymur |
| Irish | Bulbul garraí |
| Italian | Bulbul golanera |
| Japanese | アフリカヒヨドリ (barbatus グループ), アフリカヒヨドリ, アフリカヒヨドリ（barbatus グループ） |
| Latvian | dārzu bulbulis |
| Lithuanian | Sodinis bulbiulis [barbatus grupė], sodinis bulbiulis, Sodinis biulbiulis |
| Macedonian | Африкански булбул |
| Northern Sami | Bihpporloddi |
| Norwegian | hagebylbyl (barbatus gr.), hagebylbyl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Hagebylbyl |
| Polish | bilbil ogrodowy, bilbil ogrodowy [gr. barbatus] |
| Portuguese | Tuta-negra, bulbul-comum |
| Romanian | Bulbul cenuşiu |
| Russian | Темнолицый бюльбюль, Темнолицый бюльбюль [группа barbatus], обыкновенный бюльбюль, Бородатый бюльбюль |
| Serbian | Afrički bulbul, Afrički bulbul [barbatus grupa] |
| Shona | Bwoto |
| Slovak | Bylbyl sivý, bylbyl bradatý, bylbyl bradatý (skup.) |
| Slovenian | Bulbul [barbatus], bulbul |
| Spanish | Bulbul Jardinero, Bulbul naranjero [Grupo barbatus], Bulbul Naranjero (grupo barbatus), Bulbul naranjero |
| Swahili | Shore |
| Swedish | trädgårdsbulbyl/somaliabulbyl/dodsonbulbyl/trefärgad bulbyl, trädgårdsbulbyl |
| Tsonga | Bhokota |
| Tswana | Rramorutiakolê |
| Turkish | Esmer Arapbülbülü, Esmer arapbülbülü [barbatus grubu] |
| Ukrainian | бюльбюль темноголовий |
| Welsh | Bwlbwl yr ardd |
| Xhosa | Ikhwebula |
| Zulu | iPhothwe |