Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Styan's Bulbul
Pycnonotus taivanus
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Near Threatened
Taiwan's east-coast bulbul, ringed in orange and forever in trouble with cousins from the wrong side of the central mountains. Where the Pacific surf hits the cliffs, this is the bird singing back.
- Population
- Taiwan endemic; restricted range with hybridization pressure from introduced Light-vented Bulbuls
- Habitat
- Taiwan east-coast and southern-tip endemic; lowland scrub, coastal woodland, parks and farmland edges
- Diet
- fruit, berries, nectar, insects
- Size
- 0.19 m
- Wingspan
- 0.27 m
