bird ID, Lake Tana, Ethiopia (1 Viewer)

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lbaia

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• Feb 14, 2016

• #1

What about this one?

Thanks in advance
Luis

 

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Andy Adcock

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• Feb 14, 2016

• #2

Common Bulbul.

Andy

 

L

lbaia

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• Feb 15, 2016

• #3

I thought about that but was confused by the lack of yellow vent.Is it a different subspecies in Ethiopia?

 

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MacNara

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• Feb 15, 2016

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lbaia said:

I thought about that but was confused by the lack of yellow vent. Is it a different subspecies in Ethiopia?

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Yes: Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus (no yellow vent)

cf P. barbatus tricolor aka P. tricolor spurius which has the yellow vent (tricolor = black + white + yellow).

Birds of the Horn of Africa says there are ten recognised races of Common Bulbul divided by some into four species.