Russbülbül

Russbülbül
Russbülbül ( Pycnonotus cafer )
Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) Superfamily : Sylvioidea Family : Bulbüls (Pycnonotidae) Genre : Real Bulbüls ( Pycnonotus ) Type : Russbülbül
Scientific name
Pycnonotus cafer
( Linnaeus , 1766)

The Russbülbül ( Pycnonotus cafer ) is a South Asian songbird.

features

Russbülbül (near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh , India)

The 20 cm long Russbülbül has a long tail. It is colored brown or black on the upper side and on the chest. The back and the belly are lighter and have pretty scales. The lower rump is colored red. The head and the small hood are black. The sexes look similar, the young birds are less colorful. The flight of the Russbülbül is reminiscent of a woodpecker. The diet consists of fruits, nectar and insects.

Occurrence

The Russbülbül comes from tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka via Myanmar to southwestern China . He lives in the bushes, in open forests and cultivated land. It has been released on numerous islands / archipelagos such as Fiji , Hawaii , Tahiti and Fuerteventura , where it is considered an invasive species and is being fought intensively.

Reproduction

The female lays three, sometimes four, brownish-red speckled eggs, which are incubated for around two weeks.

literature

• Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Christopher Helm, London 1998, ISBN 0-691-04910-6 .
• Salim Ali: The Book of Indian Birds. Oxford University Press, Mumbai 2002, ISBN 0-19-566523-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fuerteventura declares war on invasive bird species

Web links

Commons : Rußbülbül ( Pycnonotus cafer )  - Collection of images

• Pycnonotus cafer in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
• Videos, photos and sound recordings of Pycnonotus cafer in the Internet Bird Collection