Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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| Specie | Confusioni |
|---|---|
| Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda | 2 |
| Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster | 2 |
| Indian Pond-Heron Ardeola grayii | 1 |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda | 1 |
| Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel | 1 |
Famiglia
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean.
Ordine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …