White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)

White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,560,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	6000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	increasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	3.54 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In the Arabian Peninsula, which holds the vast majority of this species' global range, the total population size may be 3,000,000 pairs (Jennings 2010), so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 6,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is desirable. The population is considered to be increasing following a long-term range expansion, facilitated by urban and agricultural development (del Hoyo et al. 2005, Jennings 2010).

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Egypt	extant	native
Iraq	extant	uncertain
Israel	extant	native	yes
Jordan	extant	native	yes
Lebanon	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	native	yes
Palestine	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native	yes
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater Springs and Oases	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-spectacled-bulbul-pycnonotus-xanthopygos on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.