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[[Image:Straw-headed_Bulbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jweeyh<br>Location: Catchment area, Singapore]] | [[Image:Straw-headed_Bulbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jweeyh<br>Location: Catchment area, Singapore]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 28cm. Olive-brown upperparts and streaky underparts. It has an orangey cap, a black moustache and black stripe through and below the eye. Iris - reddish; bill - black; feet - dark brown. Sexes similar. | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Burma]], and [[Singapore]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest and forest edge, often in marshy reed bed areas, near rivers or swamps. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | The diet includes fruits and insects. | |
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| + | They build cup-shaped nests in trees made of vines, small twigs and grass. 2 eggs are laid. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pycnonotus+zeylanicus}} | {{GSearch|Pycnonotus+zeylanicus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 18:05, 18 June 2008
- Pycnonotus zeylanicus
Identification
28cm. Olive-brown upperparts and streaky underparts. It has an orangey cap, a black moustache and black stripe through and below the eye. Iris - reddish; bill - black; feet - dark brown. Sexes similar.
Distribution
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Singapore.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest and forest edge, often in marshy reed bed areas, near rivers or swamps.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruits and insects.
They build cup-shaped nests in trees made of vines, small twigs and grass. 2 eggs are laid.
