Stats

Lifespan: 5-10 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical savanna
Range: Africa
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

The Common Bulbul is one of sub-Saharan Africa's most familiar birds, recognised by its dark cap, slight crest, and cheerful bubbling song that carries through gardens and forest edges from dawn. Despite its plain brown-and-white plumage, it boldly feeds on berries, nectar, and insects close to human habitation.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: Pycnonotus barbatus