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Dark-Capped Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

Description:

The bill is fairly short and thin, with a slightly downcurving upper mandible. The bill, legs and feet are black and the eye is dark brown with a dark eye-ring, which is not readily visible. The Dark-capped Bulbul is mostly greyish-brown above and whitish-brown below, with a distinctive dark head and pointy crest on top of the head. The back of the head merges into the brown of the back, and the chin is also blackish. The underparts are grey-brown apart from white around the vent (yellow in P. b. tricolor). It is about 18 cm in length, with a long tail. It has a dark brown head and upperparts. Sexes are similar in plumage.

Habitat:

Savanna

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Jared Hersch
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Jared Hersch

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on May 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 1, 2013

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