Description: The Red Vented Bulbul, these guys are our neighbors, recently moved to their new home. The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines. It is resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka extending east to Burma and parts of Tibet. Date: 3 May 2015, 12:23. Source: Red Vented Bulbul, locally Kondaya. Author: Maximilian Imran Faleel from Kandy, Sri Lanka.