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Pycnonotus leucotis
A small bird with a very distinctive white-cheek patch and a yell-orange vent, only found in the Arabic peninsula, Kuwait, mid and southern Iraq, southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of India.
Scrub forest and gardens
Spotted in a public park in Abu Dhabi, not far from mangroves
Spotted on May 2, 2011
Submitted on May 2, 2011
10 Comments
Wonderful crisp shots!
Thanks Susan and everyone!
awesome shot!
Thanks Ashish!
Daniel come to India with Collins Field Guide of Birds of Asian counties, its best reference..I observed.
most welcome...be my guest
Thanks LadenTamang. I would certainly love to visit Sikkim one day!
i'm from Sikkim, Indian state squeezed between Nepal n Bhutan.
Nice to hear LadenTamang! I thing the species you have may be this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnonotus_...
It has a crest, unlike the one I spotted.
Are you by any chance in/near the Kathmandu Valley?
lovely pics....my place(foothills of Himalaya) is populated with red-vented bulbul.