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Pycnonotus xantholaemus

Photo by atanumondal
Photo taken: South India.

[edit] Identification

Light ash, black beak, ash legs and feet, flight and tail feathers are mixed light black and yellow.

[edit] Distribution

An endemic to south India.

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[edit] Habitat

Rocky scrub hillsides.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes berries and insects.

The nest is made of loose twigs and hay, bound together by cobwebs and lined with fine fibres. 2 whitish, blotched with purple and brick-red markings, eggs are laid. The eggs are incubated by the female for 20 days, and the young are fed by the female.

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