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| − | Rather sluggish.Usualy in loose parties of up to five.Feeds in fruiting trees and shrubs together with others birds. | + | Rather sluggish.Usualy in loose parties of up to five.Feeds in fruiting trees and shrubs together with others birds.Often obtains berries by hovering clumsily below strands of them.Usually keeps to leafy cover but will sometimes oerch in the open.Tame and confiding. |
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Revision as of 07:31, 6 September 2007
- Hypsipetes mcclellandii
Identification
Stocky appearance.Fine whitish streaks on brown crown and greyish brown throat and breast-diagnostic.Mantle,wings and tail rich olive yellow;belly whitish;undertail coverts yellowish.Crown feathers sometimes raised in short shaggy crest.Size-24cm. Photo taken: Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
Distribution
Mountain Bulbul (Hypsipetes mcclellandii) is a local resident in Himalayas and southern China through S.E.Asia and the Malay Peninsular.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Rather sluggish.Usualy in loose parties of up to five.Feeds in fruiting trees and shrubs together with others birds.Often obtains berries by hovering clumsily below strands of them.Usually keeps to leafy cover but will sometimes oerch in the open.Tame and confiding.
