Black Bulbul, once with rainbow feathers

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Black Bulbul, Bunun tribe's sacred bird Qepis, Taiwan endemic.

 

Once upon a time Bunun tribe lost their fire and couldn't survive. Qepis, the most beautiful bird with rainbow feathers, went to fetch fire from a volcano. He came back with his feathers charred to black, beak and claws scalded to red, and saved the tribe.

 

中文名稱: 紅嘴黑鵯 (Chinese Name)

 

鄉土名: 紅喙嗶仔 (Taiwanese Name)

 

布農族名: 凱畢斯 (Bunun Name: Qepis)

 

學名：Hypsipetes leucocephalus nigerrimus

 

目名: 燕雀目 (Order Passeriformes )

 

科名: 鵯科 (Family Pycnonotidae)

 

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