Black-headed Bulbul

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Black-headed Bulbul
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P. atriceps
Binomial name
Pycnonotus atriceps
(Temminck, 1822)

The Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is called merbah siam in Malay. It is common in lowland forests, and well-distributed all over Peninsular Malaysia and West Malaysia. It has bright-yellow plumage with a black bluish glossy head, and blue eyes. it is an insectivor-frugivor bird, and takes small fruit as the main diet. It closely resembles the Black-crested Bulbul, but lacks the crest. It flies in small flocks, comprising 6-8 individuals. They are the major member in bird-wave.

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