bird · Passeriformes · Pycnonotidae

Cape Bulbul

Pycnonotus capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called CABU. Occurrence records of the Cape Bulbul are shared on GBIF from around 144 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (4 410 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPycnonotidae

144reserves with records

60 394records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis) — Photo: Brian Ralphs from Wheaton, IL, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	4 410
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	4 408
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4 071
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	2 885
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	2 539
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 274
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 641
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 504
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 496
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 252
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 252
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 238
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 217
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 201
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 193
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 186
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 102
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 071
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	994
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	994
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	985
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	960
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	887
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	857
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	743
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	704
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	691
Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	671
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	621
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	616
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	598
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	587
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	566
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	499
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	497
Constantia NekNature reserve	WC Western Cape	492
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	462
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	451
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	448
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	432
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	360
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	355
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	354
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	338
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	334
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	326
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	317
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	303
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	295
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	281
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	266
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	265
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	253
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	240
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	225
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	200
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	187
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	179
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	173
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	166

and 84 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 121 reserves
Eastern Cape: 19 reserves
Northern Cape: 4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Scientific name: Pycnonotus capensis
GBIF taxon: 2486138
Wikidata: Q525707

More of the Pycnonotidae family

Sombre Greenbul Common Bulbul Dark-capped Bulbul Terrestrial Brownbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul African Red-eyed Bulbul 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.