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 LC    Red-whiskered Bulbul* Id (Atlas): 990
    Pycnonotus jocosus Introduced

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-eared Bulbul, Black-crested Bulbul, Red-eyed Bulbul, Indian Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
18 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Derivation
Pyc-no-not'-us - Gk, pycnos, thick (of plumage); Gk, noton, the back (these birds have denser plumage on their backs): jo-cö'-sus - L., droll

Abundance (Guide)
C - LC

Locally common.

Habitat
Inner suburbs extending to bushland adjacent to outer suburbs.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Introduced to Australia (B), Mauritius, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles (B), Singapore, United Arab Emirates, USA (B).

Image of Range of Red-whiskered Bulbul
Populations established around Adelaide, SA, Melbourne, Vic and Sydney and Coffs Harbour, NSW. Introduced from south-eastern Asia.
 
Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly, in pairs or small flocks. Occasionally large flocks.

Food
Mainly fruit and insects. Sometimes buds, shoots, leaves, flowers, seeds and nectar.

Voice
Many, pleasant, loud, liquid, musical calls, including 'queep-quillya'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (118)...)

 
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) [XC161254]
     by Mandar Bhagat from Aldona, North Goa, Goa, India (call, song)

 
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) [XC882107]
     by Geoff Carey from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Mainly September - February.

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Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of strips of bark and rootlets, usually with a few large dead leaves or a piece of rag or paper forming a base, lined with fine rootlets, usually in a bush up to 3 meters above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4; slightly glossy, pale pink with numerous speckles, spots and streaks of varying shades of red, especially at the larger end; oval; about 22 x 17 mm. Incubation: probably 11 - 14 days; by both sexes. Two or three broods per season.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 12 days.

Subspecies
Nominate jocosus, south-eastern China and northern Vietnam, introduced and established in Australia on eastern coast between Sydney and Coffs Harbour and locally in Melbourne.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

  • abuensis (Whistler, 1931)   -  North-western India (western Rajasthan, northern Maharashtra, but absent from more arid areas).
  • fuscicaudatus (Gould, 1866)   -  Western and central India.
  • pyrrhotis (Bonaparte, 1850)   -  Northern India (Punjab east to Arunachal Pradesh) and Nepal.
  • emeria (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Eastern India (Ganges Delta south to Rameswaram, in Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, north, western and southern Myanmar (including Arakan Hills) and south-western Thailand.
  • whistleri Deignan, 1948   -  Andaman Is.
  • monticola (Horsfield, 1840)   -  Eastern Himalayas in north-eastern India and southern Tibet east to northern Myanmar and southern China (western and southern Yunnan).
  • pattani Deignan, 1948   -  Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), Thailand, northern Peninsular Malaysia, Laos and southern Indochina.
  • hainanensis (Hachisuka, 1939)   -  Northern Vietnam and southern China (southern Guangdong, including Nao Chow Tao).
  • jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  South-eastern China (Guizhou east to Guangxi, eastern Guangdong and Hong Kong).



References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) - 10 filesMP3 files for Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) - 1 files


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