Published March 6, 2023 | Version v1
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Pycnonotus aurigaster Vieillot 1818

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Description

**SOOTY-HEADED BULBUL Pycnonotus aurigaster

Range Biak.

Status Introduced. 28 January 1995: first noted on Biak, three near the airport; by 16 October 1997 the feral population was thought to be established (D. Holmes unpubl.). Since then, has become moderately common in southern Biak especially around the airport and nearby hotel gardens.

Notes

Published as part of Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, pp. 3-62 in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 143 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2, http://zenodo.org/record/11642130

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Vieillot
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
Genus
Pycnonotus
Species
aurigaster
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pycnonotus aurigaster Vieillot, 1818 sec. Bishop, 2023