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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

RED-VENTED BULBUL

Subspecies haemorrhous, photographed March 2017
(*   332)                 RED-VENTED BULBUL                Pycnonotus cafer    

SRI LANKA              12

Found in forest fringes, open-forest, cultivation and trees in habitation, avoids interior of thick forest in wet zones. 20 cm. Very common breeding resident throughout the country.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

RED-VENTED BULBUL


340           RED-VENTED BULBUL           Pycnonotus leucogenys

Nepal       (17)

Native of Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka, Burma and parts of Tibet, it has established itself in many parts of the world and is listed on the world's 100 worst invasive alien species. 20 cm. Habitat includes dry scrub, open forest, plains and cultivated lands.