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Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Photo by Wild Things
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Field Notes

Description:

The Red-whiskered Bulbul has brown upper-parts and whitish underparts with buff flanks and a dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red.

Habitat:

Seen at Hongkong.

Notes:

Better quality pic at : https://www.flickr.com/photos/satyenmehta/14218669040/in/photostream/

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Red-whiskered bulbul

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Comments (25)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Gorgeouis spotting Satyen,awesome,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Ozbird
Congrats! A beautiful shot of a beautiful bird!
RobThacker
Wonderful shot! congrats Wild Things.
Wild Things
Thanks Yasser for making my day :) Thanks Ashley, Hema, Viv, Dilan, Brigitte, Sunny, Chamalka and Mac! It is really sad to know their plight in Thailand Viv. Brigitte, this detail from Wikipedia might throw some light as to how these birds came to Australia : The Red-whiskered Bulbul was introduced by the Zoological and Acclimatization Society in 1880 to Sydney, and became well established across the suburbs by 1920, and continued to spread slowly to around 100 km away. It is now also found in suburban Melbourne and Adelaide, although it is unclear how they got there.
sunnyjosef
Lovely spotting wild things.. and congrats...
VivBraznell
Congratulations on the SOTD Satyen! ...It's the "Pleased to meet you!" bird .... I hear this call all the time in the garden, in fact, I can often be heard replying with the same call.. I'm sure the neighbours think I'm completely bonkers!! I did'nt associate it with the Bulbul though. ! Sadly, most Red-whiskered Bulbuls here in the south of Thailand are in cages used in bird singing contests.
Yasser
Congrats! This bold and beautiful bird has earned you Spotting of the Day! Thanks for all your great contributions! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154309171700603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/483106320934273024
AshleyT
Congrats Satyen, such a great photograph showing off the beauty of this guy :)
Leuba Ridgway
That is a beautiful shot of my favourite bird, WildThings !

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