Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Pycnonotidae > Pycnonotus > Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii

Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii (Blue-wattled Bulbul)

Synonyms: Brachypodius nieuwenhuisii (homotypic); Brachypodius nieuwenhuisii nieuwenhuisii

Wikipedia Abstract

The blue-wattled bulbul (Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii) is a disputed songbird species in the family Pycnonotidae. The specific epithet commemorates Dutch explorer Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis. The bird is endemic to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii

Infraspecies

Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii inexspectatus
Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii nieuwenhuisii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.88978
EDGE Score: 2.75872
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  20 %
Forages - Understory [1]  80 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Borneo lowland rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran peat swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Leuser National Park II 2203368 Sumatra, Indonesia
Tabin Wildlife Reserve IV 275051 Sabah, Malaysia  
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra World Heritage Site 6412694 Indonesia      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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