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Pycnonotus jocosus

Photo by Neil
Photographed: Hong Kong, China

[edit] Identification

20 cm. Brown upper-parts, white underparts, buff flanks, dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level, tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. Long and brown tail with white terminal feather tips, red vent.

Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults.

[edit] Distribution

Pakistan, India, southeast Asia and China.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Lightly wooded areas, open country with bushes and shrubs.

[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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