Description:

Medium-sized, jaunty, conspicuous bulbul with prominent forward-pointing crest. White cheeks, brownish-grey upperparts, and yellow vent. Told from White-eared by prominent forward-pointing brown crest, brown nape, smaller white cheek-patch with black crescent at rear, and variable narrow white supercilium.

Distribution:

Common resident in the lower valleys of Gilgit, Astore and Diamer in Gilgit-Baltistan. Prefers dry habitats, open dry scrub, hillsides with scattered bushes, hedgerows, bushes around towns and villages, with secondary growth up to 2100m.

Behavior:

Usually perching atop bushes and constantly flicking wings and tail. Often comes to ground to pick up invertebrates, snatching them off branches, or catching them in brief aerial sallies. Diet includes berries and other fruits, as well as variety of buds and seeds; attacks commercial crops. Also eats many invertebrates, e.g. termites and ants.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Himalayan Bulbul in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Himalayan Bulbul

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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