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Alophoixus bres (Grey-cheeked Bulbul; Brown-cheeked Bulbul)

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus bres) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Palawan bulbul was formerly considered a subspecies.
View Wikipedia Record: Alophoixus bres

Infraspecies

Alophoixus bres bres
Alophoixus bres gutturalis
Alophoixus bres tephrogenys (Grey-cheeked Bulbul) (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.00684
EDGE Score: 2.30327
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  42 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Borneo lowland rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Borneo montane rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Borneo peat swamp forests Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Java-Bali rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Indochina mangroves Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam Indo-Malayan Mangroves
Kinabalu montane alpine meadows Malaysia Indo-Malayan Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Palawan rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests Malaysia, Thailand Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peninsular Malaysian rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran freshwater swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran lowland rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran montane rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran peat swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran tropical pine forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sundaland heath forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Java montane rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Java rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Batang Ai National Park II 62638 Sarawak, Malaysia
Betung Kerihun National Park II 1945086 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Budo-Sungai Padi National Park II 84766 Thailand  
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park II 836773 Sumatra, Indonesia  
Gunung Gading National Park II 10840 Sarawak, Malaysia
Gunung Leuser National Park II 2203368 Sumatra, Indonesia
Gunung Palung National Park II 271203 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Kerinci Seblat National Park II 3463483 Sumatra, Indonesia  
Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary IV 309428 Thailand  
Khao Luang National Park II 143331 Thailand
Khao Phanom Bencha National Park II 12840 Thailand
Khao Pra Bang Kram Wildlife Sanctuary IV 30009 Thailand  
Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park II 176398 Thailand
Khlong Nakha Wildlife Sanctuary IV 117887 Thailand  
Khlong Phraya Wildlife Sanctuary IV 36624 Thailand  
Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary IV 243425 Thailand  
Krau Wildlife Reserve IV 149823 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Kubah National Park II 6735 Sarawak, Malaysia  
Kutai National Park II 560076 East Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Namtok Yong National Park II 52286 Thailand
Palawan Biosphere Reserve 2843689 Philippines  
Pasoh Virgin Jungle Reserve Ia   Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Tabin Wildlife Reserve IV 275051 Sabah, Malaysia  
Thaleban National Park Marine National Park II 49715 Thailand
Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary IV 45094 Thailand  
Ulu Temburong National Park II 123279 Brunei Darussalam  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Philippines Philippines No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

Prey / Diet

Ficus acamptophylla[4]
Ficus aurata[4]
Ficus benjamina (weeping fig)[4]
Ficus binnendykii[4]
Ficus caulocarpa[4]
Ficus consociata[4]
Ficus fulva[4]
Ficus kerkhoveni[4]
Ficus obscura[4]
Ficus parietalis[4]
Ficus pellucidopunctata[4]
Ficus pisocarpa[4]
Ficus stricta[4]
Ficus subcordata[4]
Ficus subgelderi[4]
Ficus thonningii (Chinese banyan)[4]
Ficus trichocarpa[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acerodon jubatus (golden-capped fruit bat)2
Aceros corrugatus (Wrinkled Hornbill)6
Aceros waldeni (Walden's Hornbill)7
Alcippe brunneicauda (Brown Fulvetta)6
Alophoixus finschii (Finsch's Bulbul)7
Alophoixus pallidus (Puff-throated Bulbul)2
Alophoixus phaeocephalus (Yellow-bellied Bulbul)11
Anorrhinus galeritus (Bushy-crested Hornbill)8
Anorrhinus tickelli (Brown Hornbill)2
Anthracoceros albirostris (Oriental Pied Hornbill)5
Anthracoceros malayanus (Black Hornbill)13
Arctictis binturong (Binturong)2
Berenicornis comatus (White-crowned Hornbill)3
Buceros bicornis (Great Hornbill)3
Buceros rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Hornbill)9
Callosciurus adamsi (ear-spot squirrel)6
Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel)2
Callosciurus nigrovittatus (black-striped squirrel)4
Callosciurus notatus (plantain squirrel)11
Callosciurus prevostii (Prevost's squirrel)13
Caloramphus fuliginosus (Brown Barbet)14
Calyptomena viridis (Green Broadbill)13
Chalcophaps indica (Common Emerald Dove)3
Chloropsis aurifrons (Golden-fronted Leafbird)2
Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Blue-winged Leafbird)7
Chloropsis cyanopogon (Lesser Green Leafbird)11
Chloropsis sonnerati (Greater Green Leafbird)12
Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin)2
Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat)3
Dicaeum agile (Thick-billed Flowerpecker)3
Dicaeum chrysorrheum (Yellow-vented Flowerpecker)9
Dicaeum concolor (Nilgiri Flowerpecker)2
Dicaeum trigonostigma (Orange-bellied Flowerpecker)9
Ducula badia (Mountain Imperial Pigeon)2
Ducula bicolor (Pied Imperial Pigeon)2
Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel)3
Gracula religiosa (Hill Myna)6
Hemixos flavala (Ashy Bulbul)2
Hylobates lar (white-handed gibbon)7
Hylobates moloch (silvery gibbon)2
Iole olivacea (Buff-vented Bulbul)10
Iole propinqua (Grey-eyed Bulbul)3
Irena puella (Asian Fairy-bluebird)13
Ixos malaccensis (Streaked Bulbul)7
Loriculus galgulus (Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot)5
Loriculus vernalis (Vernal Hanging Parrot)2
Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)10
Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque)2
Megalaima australis (Blue-eared Barbet)12
Megalaima chrysopogon (Golden-whiskered Barbet)12
Megalaima faiostricta (Green-eared Barbet)2
Megalaima haemacephala (Coppersmith Barbet)2
Megalaima henricii (Yellow-crowned Barbet)9
Megalaima lineata (Lineated Barbet)3
Megalaima mystacophanos (Red-throated Barbet)14
Megalaima rafflesii (Red-crowned Barbet)7
Oriolus chinensis (Black-naped Oriole)2
Oriolus xanthonotus (Dark-throated Oriole)6
Oriolus xanthornus (Black-hooded Oriole)2
Platysmurus leucopterus (Black Magpie)2
Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan)10
Prionochilus maculatus (Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker)7
Prionochilus percussus (Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker)12
Prionochilus thoracicus (Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker)6
Prionochilus xanthopygius (Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker)7
Psittacula longicauda (Long-tailed Parakeet)4
Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox)2
Pteropus vampyrus (large flying fox)2
Ptilinopus jambu (Jambu Fruit Dove)2
Pycnonotus atriceps (Black-headed Bulbul)9
Pycnonotus brunneus (Asian Red-eyed Bulbul)15
Pycnonotus cyaniventris (Grey-bellied Bulbul)10
Pycnonotus erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul)13
Pycnonotus eutilotus (Puff-backed Bulbul)13
Pycnonotus finlaysoni (Stripe-throated Bulbul)2
Pycnonotus goiavier (Yellow-vented Bulbul)8
Pycnonotus melanicterus (Black-crested Bulbul)2
Pycnonotus plumosus (Olive-winged Bulbul)11
Pycnonotus simplex (Cream-vented Bulbul)9
Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Straw-headed Bulbul)2
Ratufa affinis (pale giant squirrel)3
Ratufa bicolor (black giant squirrel)7
Rhinoplax vigil (Helmeted Hornbill)5
Rhyticeros undulatus (Wreathed Hornbill)6
Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy's rousette)2
Rusa unicolor (sambar)2
Sundasciurus tenuis (slender squirrel)4
Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang)4
Trachypithecus obscurus (dusky leaf monkey)2
Treron capellei (Large Green Pigeon)7
Treron curvirostra (Thick-billed Green Pigeon)12
Treron olax (Little Green Pigeon)7
Treron vernans (Pink-necked Green Pigeon)2
Trichoglossus haematodus (Coconut Lorikeet)2
Tricholestes criniger (Hairy-backed Bulbul)10
Tupaia glis (Common Treeshrew)4
Tupaia minor (Pygmy Treeshrew)8

Distribution

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♦ 1Gaither, Jr., JC. 1994. Weights of Bornean understory birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club Vol. 114: 89–90
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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