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| | [[Category:Pycnonotus]] | | [[Category:Pycnonotus]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Pycnonotus|Pycnonotus]] cafer | | ;[[:Category:Pycnonotus|Pycnonotus]] cafer |
| - | [[Image:Red-vented_Bulbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Doug+Greenberg|Doug Greenberg}}]] | + | [[Image:Red-vented_Bulbul2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|kctsang |kctsang}}<br />[[Sri Lanka]], July 2010]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 20cm in length, with a long tail. Brown or black upperparts, white rump, brown or black breast, white underparts apart from the red around the vent. The head and small crest are black. | | 20cm in length, with a long tail. Brown or black upperparts, white rump, brown or black breast, white underparts apart from the red around the vent. The head and small crest are black. |
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| | Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults. | | Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults. |
| - | | + | [[Image:12104redvented bulbul.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Rajiv+Lather|Rajiv Lather}}<br />Karnal, [[India]], June 2006]] |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Myanmar]] and southwestern [[China]]; introduced to [[Fiji]] and [[Hawaii]]. It is also common in urban parts of [[Dubai]], the [[United Arab Emirates]]. | | [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Myanmar]] and southwestern [[China]]; introduced to [[Fiji]] and [[Hawaii]]. It is also common in urban parts of [[Dubai]], the [[United Arab Emirates]]. |
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- Pycnonotus cafer
[edit] Identification
20cm in length, with a long tail. Brown or black upperparts, white rump, brown or black breast, white underparts apart from the red around the vent. The head and small crest are black.
Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults.
[edit] Distribution
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and southwestern China; introduced to Fiji and Hawaii. It is also common in urban parts of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
[edit] Taxonomy
[edit] Habitat
Scrub, open forest, plains and cultivated lands.
[edit] Behaviour
It builds its nest in a bush and 2-3 eggs are laid.
The diet includes fruit, nectar and insects.
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