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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
20cm. Olive upperparts, yellowish underparts, grey crown, yellow ear tufts, yellow patch below the eye white tuft in front of the eye, white throat, long tail. Sexes are similar; young birds are duller than adults. | 20cm. Olive upperparts, yellowish underparts, grey crown, yellow ear tufts, yellow patch below the eye white tuft in front of the eye, white throat, long tail. Sexes are similar; young birds are duller than adults. | ||
| − | [[Image:387730.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|charlirox099|Chamith Chandrasekara}}<br />[[Sri Lanka]], March]] | + | [[Image:387730.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|charlirox099|Chamith Chandrasekara}}<br />Horton Plains, [[Sri Lanka]], March]] |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Sri Lanka]].<br /> | [[Sri Lanka]].<br /> | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 30 September 2011
- Pycnonotus penicillatus
Identification
20cm. Olive upperparts, yellowish underparts, grey crown, yellow ear tufts, yellow patch below the eye white tuft in front of the eye, white throat, long tail. Sexes are similar; young birds are duller than adults.
Distribution
Sri Lanka.
It is quite readily found at sites such as Horton Plains and Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species
Habitat
Highlands, jungle and wooded farmland.
Behaviour
It feeds mainly on fruits and insects.
Not shy. Usually found in pairs or in small flocks. The flight is bouncing and woodpecker-like.
The main breeding season is in February-May and the secondary breeding season is in August-October. There nest is a stout mass of green moss with a deep well lined with fine rootlets or other fibers. It's placed in a bush. Two white or pink ground-colour eggs are measure about 23.4×16.7 mm.
It nests in a bush and 2 eggs are laid.
