Bare-faced Bulbul
Nok hualon
LCLeast Concern Endemic to Laos
- Family
- Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The bare-faced bulbul (Nok hualon) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It was newly described from central Laos in 2009. It is one of the very few Asian songbirds with a bald (featherless) face and is the first new species of bulbul to be described from Asia in almost a century.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Limestone karst of central Laos; perhaps also west-central Vietnam.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Bare-faced bulbul
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
