The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pycnonotus jocosus
Bulbul \Bul"bul\, n. [Per.] (Zo["o]l.) The Persian nightingale ( Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliid[ae]. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]