Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 41D184C9-175D-541D-8A7F-13720D77EC32; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Pycnonotidae ; genus: Pycnonotus ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 1,658 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 14.207 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 06.542 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Brown-breasted Bulbul has been recorded as a locally common resident in West Tonkin and East Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This appears to represent the first confirmed record of the species in North Annam, Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded breeding in China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 20 cm. Adult: Brown upperparts, black cap and cheeks, short crest, brown ear-coverts and breast-band, white throat, plain pale greyish underparts, deep yellow undertail-coverts, little or no white on tail-tip (Fig. 6 ). Juvenile: Breast-band less distinct, dark head markings browner, paler underparts.

Figures

Figure 6. The adult Pycnonotus xanthorrhous (IEBR B. 554) was photographed in Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.