Bulbuls

Black-capped Bulbul

Rubigula melanictera

The Black-capped Bulbul (Rubigula melanictera) is a 29 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Bulbuls

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

29 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, ZZ.

Where to see it: Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka); Uda Walawe NP (Sri Lanka); Yala National Park (General) (Sri Lanka); Bundala NP (General) (Sri Lanka); Matara · Kirala Kele Sanctuary (Sri Lanka).

Photo: (c) Edmundas Greimas, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist