black bulbul 211010

thanks for all those comments - the only sign in the Tropical House was for a Black Bulbul, so I assume that is what it was.

Newquays bird is indeed a black bulbul. This white headed form (Hypsipetes leucocephalus leucothorax) is most widespead in Vietnam but does occur in small populations in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand

do they just have the one individual?

Chlidonias said:

do they just have the one individual?

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I`ve only seen the one and last year`s annual report only listed them as having one.

Black bulbul...

There's a pair in an outside aviary now.

I made some very intresting obsevations on 2 subspecies of the Black bulbuls. At Walsrode we had first several specimens of a total black subspecies and they live piecefully with a kinds of other birds in the Tropical free-flight.
After the last one passed away a new group was obtained, this time of a white-headed subspecies. After quarantaine we released them in the same Tropical free-flight and they started from the beginning on to attack other birds even much bigger ones like doves.
After a while we even had to remove them and place them in another aviary with no other birds !