Black-crested Bulbul

Black-crested Bulbul

Taxobox
name = Black-crested Bulbul


image_caption = at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=52211|title=Pycnonotus melanicterus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Pycnonotidae
genus = "Pycnonotus"
species = "P. melanicterus"
binomial = "Pycnonotus melanicterus"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)The Black-crested Bulbul, "Pycnonotus melanicterus", is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia.

This is a bird of forest and dense scrub. It builds its nest in a bush; two to four eggs is a typical clutch.

The Black-crested Bulbul is about 19cm in length, with a long tail. It has olive upperparts and bright yellow underparts. The head, throat and crest are black. Sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller than adults. The flight is bouncing and woodpecker-like.

There are a number of regional variations in plumage. Some of these races have now been raised to full species.The Ruby-throated Bulbul formerly "P. m. gularis" and now "P. gularis" of the Western Ghats in southwest India lacks a crest and has a bright red throat, and "P. m. flaviventris", an endemic Sri Lankan subspecies, is also crestless and has its throat concolorous with the rest of the yellow underparts.

Black-crested Bulbuls feed on fruit and insects.

References

Bibliography

* "Birds of India" by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6


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