A dark, sleek, medium-sized bird with a black crest and a white rump. The red color under the tail is often difficult to see. Eats fruit, flower buds, and insects. Conspicuous and sometimes gregarious, often seen high in trees or perched on wires in urban and rural areas; generally prefers scrubby edge habitat instead of dense forest. Calls include a variety of chirps and whistles. Native to ...

The most common urban bulbul in Southeast Asia, this attractive songster is a common sight in cities, parks, and plantations, as well as in open forests, edges, and secondary growth. Brown above and whitish below with a bright yellow vent and a …

Hybrids with Styan’s Bulbul appear intermediate, with the moustachial stripe and white feathers around the eye of Styan’s but at least partly white nape of Light-vented. Common song is a ringing series of four notes, “wee-wee-der-wee.”

Unlike Streak-eared and Olive-winged bulbuls, Cream-vented lacks streaked ear coverts. Song is high-pitched, somewhat halting, and liquidly squeaky: “krr-bick-krr-kih-bick!” POWERED BY MERLIN

Dull brown bulbul with a long slender bill and pale gray eyes. Gray-eyed Bulbul is very similar but has darker, buffier underparts and is more warmly-colored overall; ironically, Gray-eyed Bulbul’s buffy rump is brighter.

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer. Products. Abundance; Weekly; Trends; Range; Static map. Downloads. Satellite. Zoom to Map Extent. Change Map Projection. Powered by eBird. Legend. Range. The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each ...

Nondescript plain brown bulbul with dull red eyes. Buffy brown vent distinguishes it from similar red-eyed form of Cream-vented Bulbul. Has neither the olive wing patches of Olive-winged Bulbul nor the streaked ear coverts of Streak-eared Bulbul.

Relative abundance is depicted for each season along a color gradient from a light color indicating lower relative abundance to a dark color indicating a higher relative abundance. Relative abundance is the estimated average count of individuals detected by an eBirder during a 1 hour, 2 kilometer traveling checklist at the optimal time of day for each species.

Learn about Light-vented Bulbul (formosae/orii): explore photos, sounds, and observations collected by birders around the world.

Oct 29, 2024 · Provisional: Either: 1) member of exotic population that is breeding in the wild, self-propagating, and has persisted for multiple years, but not yet Naturalized; 2) rarity of uncertain provenance, with natural vagrancy or captive provenance both considered plausible.When applicable, eBird generally defers to bird records committees for records formally considered to be of "uncertain provenance".