Field record
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
The bulbuls I feed daily. Photographing the same birds every morning teaches you their habits.
- Location
- From my balcony, Bangalore
- Coordinates
- 12.97° N · 77.59° E
- Recorded
- Ongoing
Field guideLeast Concern
An adaptable, gregarious songbird with a jaunty pointed crest; escaped cage birds have become invasive across many tropical regions.
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
- Length
- 18–23 cm
- Diet
- Fruit, nectar, insects
- Range
- Indian subcontinent to southern China and Southeast Asia; widely introduced elsewhere in the tropics