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This is the most common types of Bulbul in the areas I visited this time. Though there are thirteen different types of Bulbul found in India, I only got to see two types so far. Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
The Bird Park of Kuala Lumpur, the Taman Burung, is billed as the world's largest walk-in and free-flight aviary! Of course, 'walk-in' applies to its human visitors, but it would be nice, too, to have wings to visit properly this enormous and exhilarating park!
The live-in free-flight Birds are taken care of very well. Here's an example. The aviarists have split a Papaya, thus saving a lot of birds a lot of work. This is lucky, pretty Black-headed Bulbul, Pycnonotus atriceps, just about to enjoy a beakful! And just look at one of its distinguishing features, that marvellous blue eye! I wonder if the zoologist who in 1822 first described this nightingale of the East - Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858) - himself had blue eyes too!
PS The name 'Bulbul' apparently came into the English language late in the eighteenth century, possibly through translations of Persian poetry.
Taken within the Mabula Game Reserve, Ouklip, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
I think these two were having a conversation & it went something like "Do I smell?" and the reply being "you need a bath" and that's just what it did 😊😊😊
Couple de bulbul orphée (merle Maurice à La Réunion)
Pair of red-whiskered bulbul
Malgré la beauté de son plumage et de son chant mélodieux, le bulbul est un envahisseur qui représente une menace pour les insectes et les oiseaux de La Réunion en détruisant les couvées d'autres espèces. Il cause également de gros dégâts dans les vergers et les cultures maraîchères.
In spite of the beauty of its plumage and of its melodious song, the red-whiskered bulbul is an invasive species which represents a threat to the insects and birds of Reunion Island as it destroys the hatches of other species. It also causes major damages in orchards and market gardening.
Pycnonotus leucotis
White-cheeked Bulbul
Weisohrbülbül
Bulbul orejiblanco
Белый ушастый бюльбюль
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Red-Eyed Bulbul, Pycnonotus brunneus, Merbah Mata Merah
One of the common lowland rainforest bird that gathers in small groups on fruiting trees and shrubs. It can usually be seen at forest edges and the adjacent plantations or kampungs.
Merbah ini kelihatan sama dengan Merbah Kapur jika dilihat dari jauh. Ia selalunya boleh dijumpai dikawasan berhampiran hutan yang ada pokok hutan seperti leban yang sedang berbuah. Ia biasanya bergerak dalam kumpulan kecil mencari makan dari pokok ke pokok.
Exif: f7.1, 1/80, ISO 500, focal length 800mm, Cik Canon EOS 50D, lens Canon 400mm, TC 2.0, tripod
Pycnonotus jocosus
Malayalam : ഇരട്ടത്തലച്ചി (Irattathalachi) / Thoppikkili
Hindi : Kamera bulbul / Pahari bulbul
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Réalisée le 10 novembre 2014 près de Ooty, Western Ghats, sud de l'Inde.
Made on November, 10th / 2014 near Ooty, Western Ghats, southern India.
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
White-spectacled Bulbul
Gelbsteißbülbül
Bulbul Árabe
Желтопоясничный настоящий бюльбюль
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The Himalayan bulbul, or white-cheeked bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family found in central Asia.
Light-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis orii, 18 - 19 cm. / 7.1 - 7.5 in. COMMON resident. Wooded urban areas and cultivated fields.
Kaganji Rice fields, Kunigama, Okinawa, Japan.
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Even though they are unrelated, look very different, and live on separate continents, the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the Rufous-collared Sparrow are very similar.
How so? When you arrive for the first time where they live, they are initially exciting to see. Then you see them a second time, and it's still a special treat. Then, there they are again. Great, you have quickly mastered the visual identification and vocalizations of a new species! Then a bird flits by and you get your binoculars on it, anticipation growing of seeing something new. But it's a Yellow-vented Bulbul/Rufous-collared Sparrow.
Soon it becomes apparent that every second bird in Malaysia / South America is, respectively, a Yellow-vented Bulbul or a Rufous-collared Sparrow. Depending on your personality, you either come to love the bird as the epitomy of a new land, or resent it as an annoying distraction. After many, many years and repeated visits to Malaysia and South America, I finally quite like both of these species. But it took a while.