Goldkehlbülbül

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Goldkehlbülbül
Goldkehlbülbül

Goldkehlbülbül

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Sylvioidea
Family : Bulbüls (Pycnonotidae)
Genre : Real Bulbüls ( Pycnonotus )
Type : Goldkehlbülbül
Scientific name
Pycnonotus xantholaemus
( Jerdon , 1845)

The Goldkehlbülbül ( Pycnonotus xantholaemus ) is a songbird living in southern India.

features

The Goldkehlbülbül is a hoodless, 20 cm long passerine bird with a yellow-green head and a light yellow throat. Underside and upper side are gray, rump and under tail-coverts yellow. The wings and tail are yellowish green, the tail with a broad whitish yellow tip. Females and males look alike. Similar to the Goldkehlbülbül is the Weißbrauenbülbül ( Pycnonotus luteolus ), but it has a pale stripe over the eyes and it lacks the yellow throat and the bright tip of the tail.

Distribution area

distribution

The Goldkehlbülbül is endemic to southern India . He lives in the Eastern Ghats in southern Andhra Pradesh , in the Western Ghats in eastern Karnataka and in eastern Kerala . It is also found in northern Tamil Nadu and Odisha . All recent sightings come from mountains south 16 ° N and east of 76 ° E . The southern limit of the range has recently been extended by 30 km after sightings on the eastern slopes of Devarmala.

Habitat and way of life

The Goldkehlbülbül is a largely sedentary bird. It lives in stony hills and rocky foothills with dense undergrowth, mostly thorny scrub, shrubs and dry or moist deciduous forest at heights of 300 to 1800 m. It also tolerates habitat poor in vegetation, but it is not found in completely bare areas. Goldkehlbülbül are paired together or in small groups of up to six birds. They are shy, but also often sit on large rocks in open terrain. Their diet consists mainly of berries, which are taken from bushes rather than trees. Insects are usually captured by the vegetation when approaching, otherwise from the ground or from the spaces between rocks. Little is known about their breeding habits. Observations showed that a nest was built on the ground after eight days, the two eggs were incubated for 20 days and the young fledged after 13 days .

Danger

Although the distribution area is very large, the populations of the Goldkehlbülbül are small and highly fragmented. Habitat destruction and degradation are causing stocks to decline. The IUCN has therefore classified the species as endangered (Vulnerable, VU).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4081-2763-6 , p. 318.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f IUCN
  3. ↑ JM Dasgupta, Sipra Basu Roy, BK Datta: Endemic Birds of India, Records of the zoolical Survey of India. 2002, Occasiona Paper No. 200, ISBN 81-85874-80-8 , p. 26. ( Online )
  4. ↑ a b Bird Base, Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences and Japan Science and Technology Agency: Pycnonotus xantholaemus

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