Family Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Least Concern
Striated Bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus)
Taxonomy
French: Bulbul strié German: Streifenbülbül Spanish: Bulbul estriado
Taxonomy:
Tricophorus striatus
Blyth
, 1842,Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
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Subspecies and Distribution
P. s. striatus
(Blyth, 1842) – Himalayas in C Nepal, Bhutan and NE India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, hills of Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland S to Mizoram).
P. s. paulus
(Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914) – much of Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim), S China (Yunnan S of Likiang Range), mountains of W & N Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).
Descriptive notes
21–23 cm; 45–60 g. A large, almost entirely streaked, rather long-tailed bulbul with long, tapered crest. Cheeks and crown are greenish-brown, finely streaked... read more
Voice
Less vocal than most bulbuls. Calls a hard “pyik…pyik”, or harsh slurred “djrrri”; also repeated... read more
Habitat
Lower-stature broadleaf evergreen forest, semi-deciduous forest and moist oak-rhododendron (... read more
Food and feeding
Eats berries and many insects. Birds in Myanmar seen to forage on Maesa, Viburnum, Bucklandia, Ilex,... read more
Breeding
Little reliable information. Breeds May–Jul. Reported nests in each case a robust, compact cup composed of fine elastic twigs, coarse... read more
Movements
Resident, but subject to altitudinal movements. In parts of range, distinct movement to lower... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Generally fairly common throughout range. Thinly distributed in NE India, but total population there must be large in view of large area of suitable... read more
Aberrant species perhaps meriting separation, along with P. leucogrammicus and P. tympanistrigus, in Alcurus. Validity of race paulus dubious, as features seem to fall within range of variation of nominate; further investigation required. Putative race arctus (NE India) lacks constant differences and is merged with nominate. Two subspecies provisionally recognized.