Alcurus striatus (Blyth, 1842)

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Alcurus striatus (Blyth, 1842)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 168CB646-1B88-56B9-94FB-1F4797587B4B; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Pycnonotidae ; genus: Alcurus ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 1,946 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 13.391 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 06.145 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Striated Bulbul has been recorded as a uncommon resident in West Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded breeding in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 23 cm. Adult: Combination of heavy yellowish-white streaking on head and body, prominent crest and yellow spectacles, mostly yellow throat and undertail-coverts (Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Figure 7. The adult of Alcurus striatus (IEBR B. 569) was photographed in Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.