- Alophoixus ochraceus
Identification
19–22 cm (7½-8¾ in)
Stocky with shaggy crest. Upperparts greyish brown with olive wash on mantle and rufescent wash on rump and uppertail coverts; sides of head (including ear coverts) greyish brown; chin and throat white; underparts dusky grey with greyish tinge on flanks; undertail coverts rufescent buff.
Juvenile: Uppertail coverts, wing coverts and secondaries rusty rufescent, very distinct from mantle.
Distribution
South East Asia: found from central Myanmar through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra.
Taxonomy
Formerly included Penan Bulbul.
Subspecies
There are subspecies[1]:
- A. o. hallae:
- South Vietnam
- A. o. cambodianus:
- A. o. ochraceus:
- South Myanmar to south-western Thailand
- A. o. sordidus:
- Malay Peninsula and Mergui Archipelago
- A. o. sacculatus:
- Highlands of southern Malaya (northern Perak to Negri Sembilan and Pahang)
- A. o. sumatranus:
- Highlands of western Sumatra
Habitat
Broadleafed evergreen forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Associates in loose parties of five or six individuals,feeding in fruiting trees and scrubs, often displacing other smaller bulbuls.
Often puffs out throat when calling.
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruits, especially figs, and berries. They also take insects.
Breeding
The nest is a suspended deep cup.
Gallery
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Photo by jasnjohn
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ochraceous Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ochraceous_Bulbul
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
