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Olive-winged bulbul

Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth, 1845

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The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 33.6 g to 36.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
Photo: Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the olive-winged bulbul

Weight
33.6 g – 36.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
13 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the olive-winged bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the olive-winged bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.

It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Olive-winged bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olive-winged_bulbul&oldid=1326081578), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the olive-winged bulbul endangered?

The olive-winged bulbul is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the olive-winged bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusPycnonotus
  7. SpeciesPycnonotus plumosus Blyth, 1845
Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • بلبل زيتوني الجناحينArabic
  • bulbul d'ales olivàciesCatalan
  • bulbul olivovohnědýCzech
  • bwlbwl gwinauWelsh
  • OlivenbulbulDanish
  • MalaienbülbülGerman
  • Malaien-BülbülGerman
  • OlivschwingenbülbülGerman
  • olivaflugila bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul aliverdeSpanish
  • oliivisiipibulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul à ailes oliveFrench
  • Bulbul aux ailes oliveFrench
  • maslinastosmeđi bulbulCroatian
  • maláj bülbülHungarian
  • Merbah belukarIndonesian
  • Bulbul aliolivaItalian
  • アカメヒヨドリJapanese
  • malajinis bulbiulisLithuanian
  • Burung Merbah BelukarMalay
  • Maleise BuulbuulDutch
  • olivenvingebylbylNorwegian
  • bilbil oliwkowyPolish
  • bulbul-d'asa-verdePortuguese
  • bulbul-de-asa-oliváceaPortuguese
  • Малайский бюльбюльRussian
  • Малайский настоящий бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl olivovokrídlySlovak
  • olivvingad bulbylSwedish
  • นกปรอดสีไพลใหญ่Thai
  • Zeytuni Kanatlı ArapbülbülüTurkish
  • бюльбюль оливковокрилийUkrainian
  • 橄榄褐鹎Chinese
  • 橄綠褐鵯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the olive-winged bulbul

Other species in the same genus Pycnonotus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the olive-winged bulbul?

An adult olive-winged bulbul weighs 33.6 g – 36.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the olive-winged bulbul endangered?

The olive-winged bulbul is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the olive-winged bulbul?

The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-winged-bulbul

MLA

“Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-winged-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{olive_winged_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-winged-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}