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This juvenile decided to follow its parent out to feed, unfortunately the berry tree is a bit high for it to reach, so it wait for parent to bring berry back to feed on a lower tree (about 3 meter high). It still camera shy tho, hide behind those big leave after i manage a few shots. Decided to leave it alone and left.
Juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier analis)
Main features:
- Small (20cm); slight crest; white face; yellow under tail coverts.
Adult:
- Olive brown crown, nape, underparts; white side of head, eyebrow, throat, belly; lores black; breast whitish streaked brown; black bill, feet, eyes. No white on tail.
- Genders look alike.
Juvenile:
- Sides of head brownish; throat greyish.
Call:
- Described as a pleasing liquid bubbling chatter; loud harsh alarm call chweit-chweit.
Status in Singapore:
- Very common resident throughout the island and North and South offshore islands.
World distribution:
- Southeast Asia from Myanmar to the Philippines and Java. Not found in Australia.
Classification:
- Family Pycnonotidae. World 137 species, Singapore 10 species (1 introduced).
Among the most common birds in Singapore; it is said that it is almost impossible NOT to see Yellow-Vented Bulbuls.
They are found nearly everywhere except in the deep forest. Originally from the mangroves and coastal scrub, they have adapted to become one of the most common birds in cultivated areas (parks, gardens, plantations).
The success of the Yellow-Vented Bulbul is probably due to their wide ranging diet of both plants and animals.
They are fond of berries and small fruits, especially figs and cinnamon tree fruits. They sip nectar, nibble on young shoots, and snack on insects. They forage in bushes and trees for berries and insects, and may even catch swarming insects on the wing.
They also investigate bark for titbits. Unlike other Bulbuls, they forage on the ground, picking grass seeds and titbits, even from roads and pavements.
Yellow-Vented Bulbuls are solitary and feed alone or in pairs, although fruiting trees may attract a flock of them. But they roost in small communities in dense bushes or trees.
Breeding:
Yellow-Vented Bulbuls breed widely in Singapore in February to June. Courtship involves wing and song displays. They raise and lower the crown crest as they sing.
Yellow-Vented Bulbuls build well-camouflaged but flimsy, loose, deep, cup-shaped nests. They use grass, leaves, roots, vine stems, twigs. The nest may be untidy on the outside but are neatly lined with plant fibres. They nest in a wide range of places from low bushes, creepers to high trees. They are so used to humans that they may even nest in ornamental plants in residential gardens and even balconies! 2-5 eggs are laid, variable in colour from white to pinkish, with lots of reddish-brown to lavender spots. Both parents incubate and raise the young.
Migration?
Yellow-Vented Bulbuls don't migrate seasonally, but they appear to be high nomadic, moving from place to place regularly.
Status and threats:
Yellow-Vented Bulbuls have adjusted well to humans and are not at risk. However, as a family, the Bulbuls are at risk. About 30% of the Bulbuls originally found in Singapore are extinct and 40% are at risk. These include the Straw-headed Bulbul (P. zeylanicus), Black-headed Bulbul (P. atriceps), Red-eyed Bulbul (P. brunneus) and Buff-vented Bulbul (Hypsipetes charlotte). This is particularly sad because Bulbuls are not only delightful birds, but also play an important role. As fruit eaters, they disperse the seeds of plants. As insect-eaters, they keep the population of damaging insects under control.
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Admiring the beauty of the berry before eating it or perhaps showing off to his friends.
@jurong eco gardens
Andaman Bulbul (Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens), Andaman Islands, India
The Andaman bulbul (Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands. It has a mainly olive-yellow plumage, and has most of the head olive. It feeds on small fruit and berries, but will also take insects.
Source: Wikipedia
The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects. Red-whiskered bulbuls perch conspicuously on trees and have a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within their range.
Source: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-whiskered_bulbul)
Doi Lang, Thailand.
A very common bird in Northern Thailand but nevertheless, stunning colours and crest.
ID
Common English Name: Red-vented Bulbul
Latin Name: Pycnonotus cafer
Date & Location
30th January, 2009
Gazipur
Bangladesh
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The Cape bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in coastal bush, open forest, gardens and fynbos in southern South Africa. This species nests mainly in the southern spring from September to November. The nest is thick walled cup concealed by foliage in a small tree or shrub.
The Cape bulbul is 19–21 cm long, mainly dull, blackish brown with a diagnostic white eye-ring, and yellow undertail coverts. The head has a small crest. The short, straight bill, legs and feet are black and the iris is dark brown. The sexes are similar in plumage.
This species is much darker than the other South African bulbuls, and differs in the eye ring colour and brown lower belly, whereas the other dark bulbuls have a pale lower belly. The dark belly helps to identify juveniles, which lack the distinctive eye ring of the adult.
The Cape bulbul is a common and conspicuous bird, which tends to perch at the top of a bush. It is active and noisy, usually seen in pairs or small groups foraging for fruit, nectar and insects.
The most typical call of this species is a liquid whistle of two or more varied notes pit-peet-pitmajol, piet-piet-patata.
This image was taken at the Vermont Salt Pan in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Rotohrbülbül
Bulbul Orfeo
Краснощёкий настоящий бюльбюль
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Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor layardi), Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/view/checklist/S58698265
The dark-capped bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in central, eastern and south-eastern Africa.
Source: Wikipedia
A rather drab looking bird and the most abundant species around the area. But not common to see him pose with a katydid.
@jurong eco gardens, sg
with spider :
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Tanzania.
Victoria lake.
Speke Bay Lodge
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The common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in north-eastern, northern, western and central Africa.
Pycnonotus finlaysoni
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Streifenkehlbülbül
Пестрогорлый настоящий бюльбюль
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Red-vented bulbuls,like Black Drongos, are also abundant in India. But abundance and beauty need not be in conflict. I love the patterns of the breast feathers of these birds. I also like the esthetic prominence of their red bottom, the source of their name.
Pycnonotus capensis
Cape Bulbul
Kapbülbül
Bulbul de El Cabo
Капский настоящий бюльбюль
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Pycnonotus luteolus is resident in Southern India. This shy and sulking bird is difficult to see in the open.
This species is very similar in appearance to the Himalayan white-cheeked bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys but smaller and uncrested and with a larger white cheek patch. It has a pale bare eye-ring. The vent is orange yellow. Sexes are alike.
It is found in scrub forest and gardenland. Also found in flocks or pairs in the mangroves, gorging on the fruits of the Meswak bush. Usually seen in pairs or small groups. It feeds on fruits and insects, and breeds in March–June.
In Iran, the natural habitat of the species is Khouzestan Province, in the southwest of the country where it feeds on dates and is generally considered a pest. Some also call it "The Bulbul of Tehran"
The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects. Red-whiskered bulbuls perch conspicuously on trees and have a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within their range.
Source: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-whiskered_bulbul)
(Pycnonotus sinensis)
I just decided to ditch my Nikon 80-200 1:2.8 AF ED lens and replace it with the older non-ED version as my original one had a bad back-focus issue. I would have preferred a newer version, but money's a bit tight, and the sale of the old lens is going to just about cover the price of the new one. These are a few shots from my morning dog walk, trying out the new lens.
A Red-Vented Bubul Pycnonotus cafer perches on a tree near the corner of Atkinson Drive and Ala Moana Blvd., in or near (not sure where the border is...) the Waikiki district of Honolulu, Hi. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 35-135mm ƒ 3.5-4.5 AF lens (at 135). Cropped heavily to this square.
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects and they conspicuously perch on trees and their calls are a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within its range.
Taxonomy
The red-whiskered bulbul was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in his Systema Naturae. He placed it along with the shrikes under Lanius.
Local names include Turaha pigli-pitta in Telugu, Sipahi bulbul in Bengali, Krong-hua-juk (กรงหัวจุก) in Thai, and Phari-bulbul or Kanera bulbu in Hindi.
Subspecies
The populations found across their range show a range of plumage variations and some of these are recognized as subspecies:
- Jocosus, the nominate form is found in Hong Kong
- Fuscicaudatus of peninsular India has nearly complete breast band and no white tip to tail
- Abuensis of northwestern India (type locality Mount Abu) is pale and has a broken breast band and no white tip to tail
- Pyrrhotis of the terai is pale above with white tail tips and widely separated breast band
- Emeria of Eastern peninsula and Ganges Delta is warm brown above with a slim bill and a long crest (also introduced into Florida)
- Whistleri is found in the Andaman Islands and has a warm brown above, a heavier bill and a shorter crest than emeria
- Monticola is found in northeastern India and has darker upperparts than pyrrhotis
- Pattani is found in Thailand
- Peguensis not always recognized was described from southern Burma
Description
The red-whiskered bulbul is about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. It has brown upper-parts and whitish underparts with buff flanks and a dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red.
The loud and evocative call is a sharp kink-a-joo (also transcribed as pettigrew or kick-pettigrew or pleased to meet you) and the song is a scolding chatter. It is more often heard than seen, but will often perch conspicuously especially in the mornings when they call from the tops of trees. The life span is about 11 years.
Hybrids have been noted in captivity with Pycnonotus cafer, Pycnonotus leucotis, Pycnonotus xanthopygos, Pycnonotus melanicterus and Pycnonotus leucogenys and leucism has been recorded. Several avian malaria parasites have been described from the species.
Distribution and habitat
This is a bird of lightly wooded areas, more open country with bushes and shrubs, and farmland. Irruptions have been noted from early times with Thomas C. Jerdon noting that they "periodically visiting Madras and other wooded towns in large flocks.
It has established itself in Australia, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Florida in the United States, and in the Mauritius, Assumption Island and Mascarene Islands. In Florida, it is only found in a small area, and its population could be extirpated easily.
The red-whiskered bulbul was introduced by the Zoological and Acclimatization Society in 1880 to Sydney, and became well established across the suburbs by 1920, and continued to spread slowly to around 100 km away. It is now also found in suburban Melbourne and Adelaide, although it is unclear how they got there.
Behaviour and ecology
The red-whiskered bulbul feeds on fruits (including those of Cascabela thevetia that are toxic to mammals), nectar and insects.
The breeding season is spread out and peaks from December to May in southern India and March to October in northern India. Breeding may occur once or twice a year. The courtship display of the male involves head bowing, spreading the tail and drooping wings. The nest is cup-shaped, and is built on bushes, thatched walls or small trees. It is woven of fine twigs, roots, and grasses, and embellished with large objects such as bark strips, paper, or plastic bags. Clutches typically contain two to three eggs. Adults (possibly the female) may feign injury to distract potential predators away from the nest. The eggs have a pale mauve ground colour with speckles becoming blotches towards the broad end. Eggs measure 21 mm and are 16 mm wide. Eggs take 12 days to hatch. Both parents take part in raising the young. Young birds are fed on caterpillars and insects which are replaced by fruits and berries as they mature. The chicks are psilopaedic (having down only in the pterylae). Eggs and chicks may be preyed on by the greater coucal, Calotes versicolor, and crows.
They defend territories of about 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) during the breeding season. They roost communally in loose groups of hundred or more birds.
On the island of Réunion, this species established itself and also aided the spread of alien plant species such as Rubus alceifolius. In Florida they feed on fruits and berries of as many as 24 exotic plants including loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), Lantana spp., Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) and figs (Ficus). In Mauritius they aid the dispersal of Ligustrum robustum and Clidemia hirta. Seeds that pass through their gut germinate better.[28] Populations of the red-whiskered bulbul on the island of Reunion have diversified in the course of thirty years and show visible variations in bill morphology according to the food resources that they have adapted to utilize.
Relationship with humans
This species was once a popular cage bird in parts of India. C. W. Smith noted that
These birds are in great request among the natives, being of a fearless disposition, and easily reclaimed. They are taught to sit on the hand, and numbers may thus be seen in any Indian bazaar.
The species continues to be a popular cagebird in parts of Southeast Asia.
[Credit: en.wikipedia.org/]