Réunion bulbul

Weight

52 g – 55.3 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The réunion bulbul is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyPycnonotidae
6. genusHypsipetes
7. SpeciesHypsipetes borbonicus (Pennant in J. R. Forster, 1781)

Synonyms Hypsipetes borbonicus borbonicus, Turdus borbonicus, Turdus borbonicus, Turdus borbonicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Brown-eared bulbul

Hypsipetes amaurotis

Pycnonotidae

LC, Least Concern

Black bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Pycnonotidae

LC, Least Concern

Malagasy bulbul

Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Pycnonotidae

VU, Vulnerable

Mauritius bulbul

Hypsipetes olivaceus

Pycnonotidae

LC, Least Concern

S

Seychelles bulbul

Hypsipetes crassirostris

PycnonotidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Yellowish bulbul

Hypsipetes everetti

Pycnonotidae

CompareRéunion bulbul vs Brown-eared bulbulRéunion bulbul vs Black bulbulRéunion bulbul vs Malagasy bulbulRéunion bulbul vs Mauritius bulbul

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@misc{reunion_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Réunion bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/reunion-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}