Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Aceh bulbul (Pycnonotus snouckaerti), recorded as Endangered
Aceh bulbul (Pycnonotus snouckaerti). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Aceh bulbul

Pycnonotus snouckaerti

Aceh bulbul is a perching bird in the family Pycnonotidae (order Passeriformes) — Pycnonotus snouckaerti, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pycnonotus snouckaerti
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Pycnonotidae · Pycnonotus

The perching bird

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

It is found in the mountains of north-western Sumatra and is endemic to the island. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Aceh bulbul is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Aceh bulbul — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q27075427. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Straw-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus zeylanicus
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Aceh bulbul?
Aceh bulbul is a perching bird in the family Pycnonotidae (order Passeriformes) — Pycnonotus snouckaerti.
What is the conservation status of Aceh bulbul?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pycnonotus snouckaerti. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Aceh bulbul live?
It is found in the mountains of north-western Sumatra and is endemic to the island.
Why is Aceh bulbul in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pycnonotus snouckaerti?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Aceh bulbul a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.