The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of
Pycnonotus is a genus of frugivorous passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Bulbul
…Andropadus importunus), was retained in Andropadus. A study by Subir Shakya and Frederick Shelden published in 2017 found that species in the large genus Pycnonotus formed several deeply divergent clades. The genus was split and genera were resurrected to accommodate these clades. The family forms two main clades…