Pycnonotus jocosus  (Linnaeus, 1758)

​Red-whiskered Bulbul

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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: jocosus

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• Common names: Red-whiskered Bulbul
• Thai names: นกปรอดหัวโขน
• Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
  Pycnonotus jocosus jocosus: S China (Guizhou to Guangxi, e Guangdong and Hong Kong)
  Pycnonotus jocosus hainanensis: N Vietnam and se China (s Guangdong); Naozhou I.
  Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus: W India (Tapiti River to Kerala and n Madras)
  Pycnonotus jocosus abuensis: W India (n Bombay to sw Rajasthan)
  Pycnonotus jocosus pyrrhotis: Valley of Nepal and n India (e Punjab to Bihar)
  Pycnonotus jocosus emeria: Lowlands of e India to Myanmar and sw Thailand
  Pycnonotus jocosus whistleri: Andaman Islands
  Pycnonotus jocosus monticola: E Himalayas from Sikkim to n Myanmar and sw China (Yunnan)
  Pycnonotus jocosus pattani: Thailand to n Malaya and s Indochina
• IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​[2]
• Image locations: Chiang Mai (A. Muang, Chiang Dao, Mae Taeng)
• Additional notes: 

Image locations

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Images of Pycnonotus jocosus from Thailand.

Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017

Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Muang Chiang Mai

Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) nest, Muang Chiang Mai

Pycnonotus jocosus, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, Jan 2020

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References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 21 September 2020.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2017. Pycnonotus jocosus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22712634A119273079. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712634A119273079.en. Downloaded on 21 September 2020.
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​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.