Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Pycnonotidae > Pycnonotus > Pycnonotus capensisPycnonotus capensis (Cape Bulbul)The Cape bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in coastal bush, open forest, gardens and fynbos in southern South Africa. This species nests mainly in the southern spring from September to November. The nest is thick walled cup concealed by foliage in a small tree or shrub. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.86726 EDGE Score: 1.58253 |
Adult Weight [1] | 39 grams | Birth Weight [1] | 3.3 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 50 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 20 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | Forages - Aerial [2] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [4] | 2 | Incubation [3] | 12 days |
|
Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Alexandria coastal belt |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Anysberg Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Botriviervlei and Kleinmond estuary |
South Africa |
A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
Boulders Bay |
South Africa |
A1 |
|
|
|
Cedarberg: Koue Bokkeveld complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
De Hoop Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
Eastern False Bay mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
False Bay Park (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
Heuningnes river and estuary system |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
|
|
|
Kouga: Baviaanskloof complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Lower Berg river wetlands |
South Africa |
A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
Maitland: Gamtoos coast |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
|
|
|
Olifants river estuary |
South Africa |
A3, A4i |
|
|
|
Outeniqua mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Overberg wheatbelt |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
|
|
|
Rietvlei Wetland Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
|
|
|
Southern Langeberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Swartberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Swartkops estuary, Redhouse and Chatty saltpans |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
Tsitsikamma National Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
|
|
|
Verlorenvlei |
South Africa |
A4i |
|
|
|
West Coast National Park and Saldanha Bay islands |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
|
|
|
Wilderness: Sedgefield lakes complex |
South Africa |
A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
|
|
|
|
![](/img/rangekey.png) Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 5"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
|