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Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Description:

Black Bulbul is a common breeding resident of forests and nearby well wooded home gardens and plantations of wet zone lowlands to hills, while local and rare in dry lowlands (Mostly found in dry zone riparian forests) and higher hills. It feeds mainly on fruits, berries, figs and insects in canopy as small flocks keeping up a continual noisy conversation. Its main breeding season is from March to May and possible second brood occurs again from July to September. The nest is a small cup place on a tree fork where it lays two eggs.

Habitat:

Rain Forest

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NuwanChathuranga
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NuwanChathuranga

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Nov 9, 2014
Submitted on Nov 12, 2014

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