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Pycnonotus brunneus

Photo by jasnjohn.
Photo taken: Taman Rimba, Malaysia.

[edit] Identification

Size-19cm. Red iris (brown in juvenile) and less contrast between upperparts and underparts. Upperparts dark brown; underparts light brown with deep buff on the abdomen; undertail coverts ochreous buff.

[edit] Distribution

Tenasserim, Myanmar through the Malay Peninsula to the Greater Sundas.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forests, forest edges and plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

Commonly observed in small parties along forest trails and in cultivated land at the forest fringes. Gathers in fruiting trees and shrubs with the bulbuls.

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