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Red-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Photo by joanbstanley
Published on Project Noah
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21.5228, -157.835

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Description:

This bird is native from Pakistan to China, and has brown to black upperparts and breast. It has a shiny black head, small crest, buff belly, white rump and upper tail coverts, and red under tail coverts. It has a white-tipped, brown-black tail, and brown-black legs and feet. It feeds mostly on soft fruits, berries, seeds and nectar. Strong and direct flight. Sexes are similar.

Habitat:

Plumeria in yard next to ocean on one side and fields and forest of Kuoloa Ranch on other.

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