Systemmatic list - part 18: Bulbuls and Crombecs
Olive-headed Greenbul Andropadus olivaceiceps (or Arizelocichla olivaceiceps) [14]
Up to 10 Zomba Plateau 16th-17th - many of them at Ku Chawe.
This form is often treated as a race of Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Andropadus milanjensis.
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Olive-headed Greenbuls, Ku Chawe (Zomba Plateau), 16th May 2011
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Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Yellow-bellied Bulbul) Chlorocichla flaviventris [18]
1 Otter Point 18th, up to 15 Lengwe 20th-21st and 1 Liwonde 25th.
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Yellow-bellied Greenbuls, Lengwe, 20th May 2011
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Terrestrial Brownbul (Terrestrial Bulbul) Phyllastrephus terrestris [1+]
4 probables Lengwe 20th and single(s) Liwonde 26th-27th.
Placid Greenbul Phyllastrephus placidus [13]
10+ Zomba Plateau and 3 Zomba 17th (also a probable Zomba 15th).
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Placid Greenbul, Zomba, 17th May 2011
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Black-eyed Bulbul (Dark-capped Bulbul) Pycnonotus tricolor [c90]
Very common and widespread. Although common around human habitation the largest numbers were at Lengwe:
1-2 Malosa 14th, 17th and 27th-28th, up to 4 Zomba Plateau 15th-17th, 2 between Malosa and Cape Maclear 17th, 2 Cape Clear and 6 Otter Point 18th, 6 along the entrance to Lengwe 20th, 40 Lengwe 21st, 1 between Blantyre and Lilongwe 22nd, up to 6 Dzalanyama 22nd-24th, 2 between Lilongwe and Dedza and 3 Dedza 24th, 4 Chongoni 25th and 2 Liwonde 27th.
Some authorities treat this as the same species as Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus; whatever the species the race that occurs in Malawi is naumanni.
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Black-eyed Bulbul, Cape Maclear, 19th May 2011
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Black-eyed Bulbuls, Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011 (left) and Zomba Plateau, 17th May 2011 (right)
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Black-eyed Bulbul, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011
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Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla [3]
At least 3 Dzalanyama 23rd.
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Red-capped Crombec, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011
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Long-billed Crombec (Cape Crombec) Sylvietta rufescens [1+]
At least 1 Liwonde 27th. Crombecs at Lengwe 20th-21st were probably this species but not seen well enough to eliminate Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii.
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Long-billed Crombec, Liwonde, 27th May 2011
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