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title: "Flavescent Bulbul"
description: "Pycnonotus flavescens — Birds. The flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/flavescent-bulbul
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flavescent Bulbul

> Pycnonotus flavescens — Birds. The flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds.

- Scientific name: *Pycnonotus flavescens*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 807
- Wikidata: [Q614549](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614549)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14597)

## Names

- en: Flavescent Bulbul
- de: Gelbwangenbülbül
- fr: Bulbul flavescent
- nl: Geelwangbuulbuul
- pl: Bilbil żółtawy

## Countries with the most observations

TH (387), VN (138), CN (67), IN (67), MM (23)

## Summary

The flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in south-eastern Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavescent_bulbul

## Photo

![Flavescent Bulbul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flavescent-bulbul/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265631169

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flavescent-bulbul?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).