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Red-whiskered Bulbul
Abbas Hasnain

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

Red-whiskered Bulbulwas originally described by Linnaeus in 1766. Several populations of this widespread species have been named as subspecies (or races). The nominate race is found in southern India.The type locality of Puducherry was designated by Erwin Stresemann The race in the western part is intermedius and is found in Kashmir and Kohat down to the Salt Range and along the Himalayas to Kumaon. The race bengalensis is found in the Himalayas from Nepal east to Assam. South of these two forms are pallidus to the west south to Ahmednagar and saturatusalong the east, south to the Godavari.
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Habitat
It feeds on fruits and small insects and they conspicuously perch on trees and their calls are a loud three or four note call. The distinctive crest and the red- vent and whiskers makes them easy to identify. They are very common in hill forests and urban
Scientific name
Pycnonotus jocosus
aloktewari
Opus Editor
This is a Red-whiskered Bulbul, Abbas ... please check ... well captured, all the same ...
 

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