Black Bulbul (1 Viewer)

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tcom

Well-known member

• Mar 30, 2004

• #1

I have a pair of black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus).

Photo taken on March 2nd in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka.

 

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godwit

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• Mar 30, 2004

• #2

I'm afraid they are actually Yellow-billed Babblers.

Dave

 

cuckooroller

Registered User

• Mar 30, 2004

• #3

godwit said:

I'm afraid they are actually Yellow-billed Babblers.

Dave

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Dave,
Don't be afraid! You're absolutely right. I hadn't really looked at the photo. The Hypsipetes would have the black iris, orange to reddish beak, slightly forked tail, overall blackish, crest not always evident. Here we have the evident pale (light aquamarine iris), the bill is thicker at the base and shorter than Hypsipetes and yellow, the roundish and longish tail. OK. Let's try it again. Turdoides affinis taprobanus. Good eyes Dave!


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cuckooroller

Registered User

• Mar 30, 2004

• #4

Dominique,
I have already inserted it into the database with the correct ID. If you also have it in your gallery you might want to modify the didascalia regarding the common name and the latin name

 

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tcom

Well-known member

• Apr 1, 2004

• #5

Thank you

Thank you very much to all of you for correcting me. I thought these were black bulbuls. I have corrected it on my Webpage also.