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Birds
African red-eyed bulbul
African red-eyed bulbul · Pycnonotus nigricans
African red-eyed bulbuls with their black facial mask and lively voice bring energy to the dry savannas and gardens of southern Africa.
Fact file
- Size
- About 20 cm long, around 30 grams in weight
- Males and females
- Male and female hardly distinguishable in appearance
- Sounds
- Varied, lively calls – often a descending twittering
- Diet
- Feeds on berries, fruit, nectar, insects
- Offspring
- Two to three eggs in a well-hidden cup nest, usually in bushes
How to identify African red-eyed bulbul
The African red-eyed bulbul stands out thanks to its strongly contrasting plumage. Striking features are the black facial mask, the white eye-ring and the red iris. The rest of the plumage ranges from grey-brown on the back to paler grey on the belly and breast.
African red-eyed bulbuls are slender in build, about 20 centimetres long and weigh around 30 grams. The yellow to orange undertail coverts and the medium-length, rounded tail complete the picture. There is hardly any visible difference in plumage between breeding and non-breeding birds or between the sexes.
More in the app
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- general viewing tips
Where African red-eyed bulbul live
Namibia
- Kwando Core Area
- Brandberg
- Buffalo Core Area
- Bwabwata Nationalpark
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Erongo Gebirge
- Fish River Canyon
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Lüderitz
- Mahango Core Area
- Mudumu Nationalpark
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Nkasa Rupara National Park
- Okaukuejo
- Palmwag
- Rundu
- Skelettküste
- Sossusvlei
- Spitzkoppe
- Swakopmund
- Twyfelfontein
- Walvis Bay
- Waterberg Plateau
- Windhoek
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