Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus· 鹎科(1 photos)
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Red-whiskered Bulbul
20-23 cm. Jaunty, distinctive, with erect black crest, white cheek; red earmark; pink undertail-coverts; white corners to black tail. Immature: browner; lacks red earmark. Singles, pairs in local colonies; gregarious in winter. Restless, quick; perches on wires, other high points, sallies after insects. Destructive of berries, flower buds, soft fruits; spreads seeds of privet.
- Similar Species
- Eastern Whipbird: darker; breast black; no red.
- Voice
- many pleasant, loud, liquid, musical call-sequences; one described as 'queep-quillya'.
- Habitat
- gardens, suburban trees, public parks, wasteland, thickets; marginally into native woodland, scrubland.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Nest
- shallow, untidy, open cup of bark fibre, leaves, rootlets; lined with fine twigs, rootlets; to 3 m high in thick cover.
- Eggs
- 2-4; glossy, whitish, heavily but finely spotted, some blotched, reddish/purplish brown.
- Range & Status
- India, s. China, parts of se. Asia. Introduced Aust. c. 1880, later escaped from aviaries. Common, widespread in Sydney region (NSW) w. to Blue Mts, n. to lower Hunter Valley, s. to Shoalhaven R.; separate population Coffs Harbour. Rare in scattered small groups in suburban Melbourne, e.g. Banyule, Ivanhoe, Kew, St Kilda (Vic.).
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Pycnonotus jocosus jocosus
