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Black-headed Bulbul, Brachypodius melanocephalos, นกปรอดทอง

Length: 18cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 20 - 30 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature • Common Morph: Mantle and breast olive-yellow; uppertail coverts and rest of the underparts bright yellow; head (including chin,throat and neck) glossy blue-black; primaries and primary coverts blackish-brown; iris blue. • Grey Morph: Breast, upper belly and collar pale grey. From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Similar Species From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male / Juvenile • Juvenile: Lacks the black head. From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

The Black-headed Bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos) is a member of the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in forests in south-eastern Asia. Taxonomy and systematics

The Black-headed Bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus. It was later moved to the large bulbul genus Pycnonotus as Pycnonotus atriceps. Pycnonotus was found to be polyphyletic in recent molecular phylogeny studies and the species transferred to Brachypodius with the species epithet melanocephalos, which has priority over atriceps.

Until 2008, the Andaman bulbul was considered as a subspecies of the Black-headed Bulbul.

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Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized:

• B. m. melanocephalos (Gmelin, JF, 1788) [synonym B. m. atriceps (Temminck, 1822)]: found in north-eastern India and Bangladesh though Southeast Asia to the Greater Sunda Islands and western Philippines

• B. m. hyperemnus (Oberholser, 1912): Found on western Sumatran islands

• B. m. baweanus Finsch, 1901: originally described as a separate species. Found on Bawean (north of Java)

• B. m. hodiernus (Bangs & Peters, JL, 1927): originally described as a separate species. Found on Maratua Island (off eastern Borneo)

Description
The Black-headed Bulbul has a mainly olive-yellow plumage with a glossy bluish-black head. A grey morph where most of the olive-yellow is replaced by grey also exists.

It resembles the black-crested bulbul, but has blue eyes (though not reliable in juveniles), a broad yellow tip to the tail, and never shows a crest (however, some subspecies of the black-crested are also essentially crestless, but they have red or yellow throats).

Length: 18cm

Wingspan:

Weight: 20 - 30 g

Longevity:

Distinctive Feature

• Common Morph: Mantle and breast olive-yellow; uppertail coverts and rest of the underparts bright yellow; head (including chin,throat and neck) glossy blue-black; primaries and primary coverts blackish-brown; iris blue.

• Grey Morph: Breast, upper belly and collar pale grey.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Similar Species

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Female / Male / Juvenile

• Juvenile: Lacks the black head.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Listen to the Black-headed Bulbul

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Behavior and ecology
The Black-headed Bulbul feeds mainly on small fruit and berries, but will also take insects. It commonly occurs in small flocks of 6-8 individuals.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 30 January 2023
Location: eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Stripe-throated Bulbul on the right hand side

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

Black-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดทอง
30 January 2023 - eBird hotspot: Wat Tham Prathun, Chonburi

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