Andaman Bulbul

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Lovely colourful bird.

This bird seems to be a lot more colourful that the bulbul's that i saw in Sri Lanka. I guess it is a different species. Nicely painted!

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 712 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..ANDAMAN BULBUL...[From a Photograph of MR. Antony Grossy] ... Watercolour...A4...2016... The Andaman bulbul (Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands. It has a mainly olive-yellow plumage, and has most of the head olive. 14–17 cm. Small, active bulbul. Male has dull blackish forehead and throat usually with glossy greyish sheen, grading into dark olive crown and face. Song a brief high-pitched, quick series of very short, thin, metallic “tsit-tsut-tsit” notes. It feeds on small fruit and berries. Fruit, plucked from branches of trees and shrubs; probably also insects, but confirmation required. ***Take part on the special Initiative of BIRD'S BUDDY to show your tribute to SALIM ALI on his birthday, 12th November. To get detail info. inbox me.***