Your card for July 31, 2017

[Lalita Rudy]

African Red-eyed Bulbul

Fact 1:

The African red-eyed bulbul or black-fronted bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.

Fact 2:

It has been recorded as host of the Jacobin cuckoo.

Fact 3:

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Fact 4:

Egg-laying season is from September-April, peaking around October-December.

Fact 5:

African red-eyed bulbul wanders during dry non-breeding season.

Fact 6:

It mainly eats fruit, supplemented with nectar, flowers and arthropods.

Fact 7:

The nest is typically built by the female, and is a untidy cup of fine twigs, dry grass, among other things.

Fact 8:

It lays 2-3 eggs which are incubated solely by the female for about 11-13 days.

Fact 9:

Thrives in gardens and orchards, and has benefited from the provisioning of water for stock animals.

Fact 10:

The chicks are fed by both parents, leaving the nest after about 12 days, and can fly competently roughly a week later.

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