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Pycnonottus jocosus
glossy black crown and erected crest; red patch behind eye; white patch on lower ear-coverts bordered below by black moustachial stripe; white underparts with complete or broken breast-band black in colour and red vent; upperpart light brown in colour. Photo taken at Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Open forest, scrub jungle, gardens, orchards and bushes around village and cultivation
Info taken from: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent By – Richard Grimmett, Carl Inskipp and Tim Inskipp
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