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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Eastern Bluebird]]'''</div>
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<div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Common Bulbul]]'''</div>
[[Image:Eastern_Bluebird.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photo by {{user|GaryT|GaryT}}]]
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[[Image:Grd Bulbul.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}}]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Length 16·5–21 cm (6½-8¼ in), Wingspan 33cm (13 in)<br />
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The only ''Pycnonotus'' bulbul in most of its range and therefore generally easily identified.<br />
'''Male'''
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15–20 cm (6-7¾ in)
*Blue upperparts
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*Dark brown head and upperparts
*Orange throat, sides of neck, and chest
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*Grey brown below
*White belly
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*White or yellow vent according to subspecies
*Blackish tips on tail
 
*Black eyes and legs
 
====Similar Species====
 
Similar to [[Western Bluebird]], which has a blue throat.  Belly and undertail whiter, not as grey.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Eastern Bluebirds are found east of the Rockies, southern [[Canada]] to the Gulf States and south-eastern [[Arizona]] and winters south to [[Nicaragua]].
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It is widespread and often common in [[Africa]]
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==Habitat==
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Virtually any habitat with some fruiting trees, but they generally avoid dense forest.
  
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'''[''[[Common Bulbul|Read More...]]'']'''
  
 
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Revision as of 16:22, 31 October 2016

Featured Article: Common Bulbul
Photo by Momo

Identification

The only Pycnonotus bulbul in most of its range and therefore generally easily identified.
15–20 cm (6-7¾ in)

  • Dark brown head and upperparts
  • Grey brown below
  • White or yellow vent according to subspecies

Distribution

It is widespread and often common in Africa

Habitat

Virtually any habitat with some fruiting trees, but they generally avoid dense forest.

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