Flame-throated bulbul

Flame-throated bulbul
File:Flame-throated bulbul.jpg
Flame-throated bulbul at Dandeli, India
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Pycnonotus
Species:	P. gularis
Binomial name
Pycnonotus gularis (Gould, 1836)

The flame-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in southwest India.

This is a bird of forest and dense scrub. It builds its nest in a bush; two to four eggs is a typical clutch. The flame-throated bulbul feeds on fruit and insects.

It is virtually crestless, has an orange-red throat and whitish eyes. It often keeps in small flocks, favours lantana berries. It inhabits evergreen forests, lantana thickets, and bushes along rivers.

Gallery

• Pycnonotus gularis (Karnataka).jpg

  Karnataka, India

References

• Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
• Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2: Attributes and Status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona.