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Here is my heart... can you feel it?
A Yellow-vented Bulbul (pycnonotus goiavier gourdini). This is probably a juvenile. Adults have a crest, and there is very little to differentiate gender. I verified the ID on a website with an excellent gallery of birds in Sabah. I didn't know that there are so many other species of the bulbul, about 130 in all.
The bulbuls (pycnonotidae) are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds. It is widely distributed across most of Africa, the Middle East, and from South East Asia to as far north as Japan. They eat a wide range of foods, including fruits, seeds, nectar, small insects and even small vertebrates.
Bulbuls are very vocal, with the calls of most species being described as nasal or gravelly. There are a few small trees beside my house and these birds can be heard every morning 'chatting' (rather than singing) in the hour before sunrise.
Here is my heart... can you feel it?
A Yellow-vented Bulbul (pycnonotus goiavier gourdini). This is probably a juvenile. Adults have a crest, and there is very little to differentiate gender. I verified the ID on a website with an excellent gallery of birds in Sabah. I didn't know that there are so many other species of the bulbul, about 130 in all.
The bulbuls (pycnonotidae) are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds. It is widely distributed across most of Africa, the Middle East, and from South East Asia to as far north as Japan. They eat a wide range of foods, including fruits, seeds, nectar, small insects and even small vertebrates.
Bulbuls are very vocal, with the calls of most species being described as nasal or gravelly. There are a few small trees beside my house and these birds can be heard every morning 'chatting' (rather than singing) in the hour before sunrise.