RED-WHISKERED BULBUL

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(102)             RED-WHISKERED BULBUL                  * Pycnonotus jocosus

NEPAL                  37

Found in open forest and secondary growth. 20 cm. Locally common and widespread resident.

RED-WHISKERED BULBUL

102       RED-WHISKERED BULBUL           Pycnonotus jocosus

Australia    (102)

Ranges across India, S China and parts of se Asia. Introduced into Australia in the 1880s. Widespread around Sydney to Blue Mountains, some in lower Hunter and Shoalhaven, separate colony at Coffs Harbour and small group in South Yarra. Found in gardens, suburban trees, parks and wastelands.