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Comment: Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus on our mulberry tree. Native to southern Asia, they have been introduced to many other regions. Adult bulbuls are around 20-22cm long. A few of the characteristics are its pointed crest, red whiskers (leading to its name) and the red vent. Red whiskered bulbuls are active around human habitats and less timid around humans. Their flight is a characteristic bouncing up-and-down woodpecker-like. The call, a characteristic descending musical whistle, is often an indication the bird's presence long before it is seen. Red vented bulbul, its cousin, is bit duller, lacks the pointed crest and red whiskers, has a different call and is more confined to the wooded areas. @ home, kerala.
red_whiskered_bulbul_nesting_001 * Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus nesting. See the beauty of the red whiskers! Adult bulbuls are around 20-22cm long. A few studies show that males have slightly longer wing length and whiskers with respect to their female counterparts. @ home, kerala. * 1600 x 1071 * (483KB)

red_whiskered_bulbul_nesting_003 * Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus nesting. @ home, kerala. * 1600 x 1071 * (320KB)

red_whiskered_bulbul_nestling_002 * Nestling of a Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus, with its hungry beak up. @ home, kerala. * 1600 x 1072 * (519KB)

red_whiskered_bulbul_nesting_002 * Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus nesting. @ home, kerala. * 1600 x 1071 * (400KB)

red_whiskered_bulbul_002 * Red whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus on our mulberry tree. Fruits, berries, nectar, insects and worms makes the lion's share of their diet. @ home, kerala. * 1600 x 1197 * (703KB)
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goldenbacked_woodpecker_002 * crown display. male Black-rumped Flameback dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker). This flameback is a species associated with open forest and cultivation. It nests in a tree hole, laying three white eggs. Like other woodpeckers, this species has a straight pointed bill, a stiff tail to provide support against tree trunks, and zygodactyl or “yoked feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. The long tongue can be darted forward to capture insects. The adult male Black-rumped Flameback has a red crown. Females have a dark forecrown, with red only on the rear half. Young birds are like the female, but duller. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (220KB)

indian_treepie_goldenbacked_woodpecker_002 * Black-rumped Flameback dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker) and an Indian Treepie sharing papaya. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (208KB)

indian_treepie_goldenbacked_woodpecker_001 * Black-rumped Flameback dinopium benghalense (Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker) and an Indian Treepie sharing papaya. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (212KB)

smallgreen_barbet_004 * randu pachilakudukkakal. small green barbet (white cheeked) megalaima viridis. Once I've examined the nest of this species. They bore a hole on worn-out trees (in this case a rubber tree). Inside is funnel shaped. This helps the excreta of the chicks to be collected below without spoiling the chicks. Male and female parents fly to and fro constantly to fetch food for the chicks. They rarely come on ground. Their kutturu-kutturu sounds gave them their name kutturuvan. Also known as pachilakudukka in our place due to its color. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (213KB)

indian_treepie_001 * olenjali. the indian treepie. dendrocitta vagabunda. Member of the Corvidae (crow) family. The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black. This is a typically arboreal species feeding almost completely in trees for fruits, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds. It is extremely agile while searching for food, clinging and clambering through the branches. Its acrobatic dances on the coconut palm leaf (ola) gave it the name olenjali in Kerala. It has been known to take flesh from a recently killed carcass and will sometimes travel in small feeding parties with other unrelated species such as drongos and babblers. @ home, kerala * 1024 x 766 * (206KB)
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