Birds · New here: first heard 21 Sept.

Stylised portrait of a Red-whiskered Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

First heard here 21 Sept · last heard today at 8:53am · 1 day in the last year · 1 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording song, recorded in Australia

Marc Anderson, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

Heard here by the park sensor, 92% match

Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.

What to look for

The red-whiskered bulbul, or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird native to Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It has a loud three or four note call, feeds on fruits and small insects and perches conspicuously on trees. It is common in hill forests and urban gardens.

Read more on Wikipedia (Red-whiskered bulbul)

Photograph of a Red-whiskered Bulbul
Photo: myjkccd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The small portrait at the top is AI-generated and less reliable.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 1 of them.
0123 Aug: 0 detections24 Aug: 0 detections25 Aug: 0 detections26 Aug: 0 detections27 Aug: 0 detections28 Aug: 0 detections29 Aug: 0 detections30 Aug: 0 detections31 Aug: 0 detections1 Sept: 0 detections2 Sept: 0 detections3 Sept: 0 detections4 Sept: 0 detections5 Sept: 0 detections6 Sept: 0 detections7 Sept: 0 detections8 Sept: 0 detections9 Sept: 0 detections10 Sept: 0 detections11 Sept: 0 detections12 Sept: 0 detections13 Sept: 0 detections14 Sept: 0 detections15 Sept: 0 detections16 Sept: 0 detections17 Sept: 0 detections18 Sept: 0 detections19 Sept: 0 detections20 Sept: 0 detections21 Sept: 1 detection25 Aug1 Sept8 Sept15 Sept21 Sept

Busiest day so far: Monday 21 September, 1 detections between 8:53am and 8:53am.

DayDetectionsFirstLastPeak confidence
21 Sept18:53am8:53am92%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.