Punakha, Bhutan
April 2008

The Red-vented Bulbul is distributed throughout most of the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Myanmar. It is found in a variety of drier woodland and sparse forest habitats as well as scrub and gardens.

It is dark brown and scaly in appearance with a crest and a red vent. The sub-species shown here, P. c. bengalensis is darker than other subspecies and does not have a contrasting crown and mantle.

It feeds on fruit, nectar, flowers and invertebrates.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available on Avibase.