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Styan's bulbul

Pycnonotus taivanus Styan, 1893

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The styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 26.1 g to 26.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus)
Photo: Charles Lam · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the styan's bulbul

Weight
26.1 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
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the styan's bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the styan's bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus) is a species of bulbul that is endemic to eastern and southern Taiwan. Though locally common in some areas, it has been listed as a species vulnerable to extinction. Its decline has been caused by habitat destruction and hybridisation with the closely related Chinese or light-vented bulbul. The two species' ranges overlap in several areas, partly because birds of the latter species have been released for Buddhist ceremonies. The species has already become extinct in Yilan County (Taiwan).

From the Wikipedia article “Styan's bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Styan%27s_bulbul&oldid=1220282091), 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 styan's bulbul endangered?

The styan's bulbul is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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How is the styan's bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusPycnonotus
  7. SpeciesPycnonotus taivanus Styan, 1893

Synonyms Pycnonotus taivanus taivanus, Pycnonotus tiavanus, Stictognathus taivanus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Taiwan bulbulEnglish
  • بلبل ستيانArabic
  • بلبل تايوانيArabic
  • bulbul tchajwanskýCzech
  • bwlbwl FformosaWelsh
  • Taiwan BulbulDanish
  • TaiwanbülbülGerman
  • FormosabülbülGerman
  • Taiwan-BülbülGerman
  • tajvana bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul de TaiwanSpanish
  • Bulbul de TaiwánSpanish
  • بلبل تایوانیPersian
  • taiwaninbulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul de TaïwanFrench
  • בובול טייוואניHebrew
  • tajvani bülbülHungarian
  • Bulbul di StyanItalian
  • クロガシラJapanese
  • taivaninis bulbiulisLithuanian
  • TaiwanbuulbuulDutch
  • FormosabuulbuulDutch
  • taiwanbylbylNorwegian
  • bilbil tajwańskiPolish
  • Billbil TajwańskiPolish
  • bulbul-da-formosaPortuguese
  • Тайваньский бюльбюльRussian
  • Тайваньский настоящий бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl čiapočkatýSlovak
  • Tajvanski bulbulSerbian
  • taiwanbulbylSwedish
  • Tayvan ArapbülbülüTurkish
  • бюльбюль тайванськийUkrainian
  • 台湾鹎Chinese
  • 烏頭翁Chinese
  • 烏頭翁〔臺灣鵯〕Chinese

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Relatives of the styan's bulbul

Other species in the same genus Pycnonotus.

CompareStyan's bulbul vs Red-vented bulbulStyan's bulbul vs Red-whiskered bulbulStyan's bulbul vs Common bulbulStyan's bulbul vs Sooty-headed bulbul

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the styan's bulbul?

An adult styan's bulbul weighs 26.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the styan's bulbul endangered?

The styan's bulbul is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the styan's bulbul?

The styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/styans-bulbul

MLA

“Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/styans-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{styans_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/styans-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}