Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pai, Thailand

The sooty-headed bulbul is resident across South East Asia and into southern China.

Habitat

The sooty-headed bulbul prefers subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests but can also be found in secondary growth often near human habitation.

Feeding

Bulbuls eat a wide range of foods, ranging from fruit to seeds, nectar, small insects and other arthropods and even small vertebrates.

Breeding

Bulbuls are generally monogamous, The female incubates two to five speckled eggs laid in a cup-shaped nest built usually in an open tree.

Wlidflie Extras

• Sooty-headed bulbuls are often captured and sold into the pet trade, particularly in Indonesia.
• Sooty-headed bulbuls often congregate in large,noisy flocks with other bulbul species.