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The straw-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, arable land, plantations, and rural gardens.
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Yellow-eared bulbul: Pycnonotus penicillatus: Sri Lanka Brown-breasted bulbul: Pycnonotus xanthorrhous: China and northern Indochina Light-vented bulbul: Pycnonotus sinensis: China and Taiwan Styan's bulbul: Pycnonotus taivanus: Taiwan Red-whiskered bulbul: Pycnonotus jocosus: South India, southern China and Indochina Yellow-vented bulbul ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Singapore.The avifauna of Singapore include a total of 450 species, 35 of which have been introduced by humans. [1]This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2023b edition. [2]
Singapore has roughly 80 species of mammals (out of 11 different orders) including 45 species of bats and three species of non-human primates. [9] Currently, the only introduced non-domestic mammal species in Singapore is the variable squirrel. [10] The abundance of bats however has been decreasing rapidly due to habitat loss of over 95%. [11]
They vary in length from 13 cm and 13.3 g (0.47 oz) for the tiny greenbul to 29 cm and 93 g (3.3 oz) in the straw-headed bulbul. [13] Overall the sexes are alike, although the females tend to be slightly smaller.
Johora singaporensis, the Singapore stream crab [3] or Singapore freshwater crab, [1] is a critically endangered species of freshwater crab endemic to Singapore. It grows to a size of 30 millimetres (1.2 in) wide. [4]
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide by Pamela C. Rasmussen and John C. Anderton is a two-volume ornithological handbook, covering the birds of South Asia, published in 2005 (second edition in 2012) by the Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions.