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White-browed Bulbul

From Opus

Pycnonotus luteolus
Photo by RakeshPhoto taken: Goa.
Photo by Rakesh
Photo taken: Goa.

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[edit] Identification

20cm. Olive-grey upperparts, whitish underparts, white supercilium, white crescent below the eye, dark eyestripe and moustachial stripe. Sexes are similar.

[edit] Distribution

Central and South India and Sri Lanka.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • P. l. luteolus - Coastal south peninsular India
  • P. l. insulae - Lowlands, Sri Lanka

[edit] Habitat

Dry scrub and woodland edges.

[edit] Behaviour

  • Diet: Includes fruit, nectar and insects.
  • Breeding: It builds its nest in a tree; 2 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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