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Pale-faced bulbul

Pycnonotus leucops (Sharpe, 1888)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 28.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops)
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Quick facts about the pale-faced bulbul

Weight
28.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
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 pale-faced bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the pale-faced bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) is a songbird in the bulbul family. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.

From the Wikipedia article “Pale-faced bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pale-faced_bulbul&oldid=1355341339), 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 pale-faced bulbul endangered?

The pale-faced 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 pale-faced bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusPycnonotus
  7. SpeciesPycnonotus leucops (Sharpe, 1888)

Synonyms Oreoctistes leucops, Pycnonotus flavescens leucops, Pycnonotus flavescens leucos

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Flavescent bulbul (pale-faced)English
  • بلبل شاحب الوجهArabic
  • bulbul carablancCatalan
  • Kinabalu BulbulDanish
  • WeißwangenbülbülGerman
  • blankmaska bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul cariclaroSpanish
  • ValkonaamabulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul à face pâleFrench
  • zlatnoguzi bulbulCroatian
  • BleekgezichtbuulbuulDutch
  • hvitfjesbylbylNorwegian
  • bilbil jasnolicyPolish
  • bulbul-de-faces-brancasPortuguese
  • bulbul-de-faces-pálidasPortuguese
  • Белолицый бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl bledolíciSlovak
  • vitmaskad bulbylSwedish
  • 淡脸鹎Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pale-faced 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 pale-faced bulbul?

An adult pale-faced bulbul weighs 28.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pale-faced bulbul endangered?

The pale-faced 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 pale-faced bulbul?

The pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-faced-bulbul

MLA

“Pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-faced-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{pale_faced_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Pale-faced bulbul (Pycnonotus leucops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-faced-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}