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Welcome to the Hawaii Biological Survey's Good Guys & Bad Guys Website! On these pages you will find all of the plants and animals in the Good Guys & Bad Guys series and information about each critter and plant.

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26. Red-Vented Bulbul
Scientific name: Pycnotus cafer
Classification: Phylum: Chordata. Class: Aves
Origin: Introduced from India in the 1950s or 1960s; illegal caged release.
Status: Common

Distribution: O`ahu only

Sound file:
Map: --

This species is one of two bulbuls that occur in Hawai‘i. The other is the red-whiskered bulbul. This bird is a noisy garden pests and eat orchid bulbs as well as many types of fruits. In 1989, it caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to the orchid industry on O‘ahu. Bulbuls also are aggressive and are probably displacing many native birds.See also card. no. 70, the Asian Spinyback Spider

Photo courtesy of Andrew Engilis, Jr.

This page last revised 18 October 2013

BAD GUY

	26. Red-Vented Bulbul Scientific name: Pycnotus cafer Classification: Phylum: Chordata. Class: Aves Origin: Introduced from India in the 1950s or 1960s; illegal caged release. Status: Common Distribution: O`ahu only Sound file: Map: -- This species is one of two bulbuls that occur in Hawai‘i. The other is the red-whiskered bulbul. This bird is a noisy garden pests and eat orchid bulbs as well as many types of fruits. In 1989, it caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to the orchid industry on O‘ahu. Bulbuls also are aggressive and are probably displacing many native birds.See also card. no. 70, the Asian Spinyback Spider
Photo courtesy of Andrew Engilis, Jr.