African Red-eyed Bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans (Vieillot, 1818) — also called Black-fronted Bulbul, Red-eyed Bulbul, AREB. Occurrence records of the African Red-eyed Bulbul are shared on GBIF from around 53 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Naval Hill Nature Reserve (1 761 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPycnonotidae

53reserves with records

12 126records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) — Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	1 761
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	1 218
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	1 091
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	1 076
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	1 065
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 020
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	1 003
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area	NW North West	839
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	563
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	340
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	338
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	289
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	141
Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve	FS Free State	141
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	139
Vaaldam Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	122
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	116
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected area	NW North West	90
Madikwe Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	84
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	74
Clarens Village Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	72
Camdeboo National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	65
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	57
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	54
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	46
Alice Glockner Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	41
Wolhuterskop Game and Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	FS Free State	36
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	34
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area	FS Free State	32
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	29
Pretorius KloofNature reserve	FS Free State	19
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	16
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	14
D'nyala Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	14
Schoonspruit NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	13
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	13
!Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	10
HuskyRomi Wolf SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	FS Free State	6
Billy Duvenhage Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	5
ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	5
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	5
Commando Drift Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	4
Marico Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve	NW North West	3
VaaldamnatuurreservaatNature reserve	FS Free State	3
Sandveld Nature ReserveProtected area	FS Free State	3
Mattanu Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	3
El Dorado PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Moolmanshoek Leadership centreNature reserve	FS Free State	2
Moolmanshoek Private Game ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	2
Wentzel Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2
Koppies Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	2
Oviston Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2
Samara Karoo ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2

By province

Free State: 17 reserves
Northern Cape: 13 reserves
North West: 9 reserves
Eastern Cape: 5 reserves
Western Cape: 3 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Scientific name: Pycnonotus nigricans
GBIF taxon: 2486146
Wikidata: Q513295

More of the Pycnonotidae family

Sombre Greenbul Common Bulbul Dark-capped Bulbul Cape Bulbul Terrestrial Brownbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.