Sunday, March 16, 2008

Red vented bulbul at van vihar,bhopal


Red-vented Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family. It is common Indian bird, vivacious, widely distributed in India and can be easily sighted in Bhopal. A highly adaptive species and can be found in both cities and in deep forests. Red-vented Bulbul is about 20cm in length, with a long tail. This dark and crested medium sized bird has black head and throat and red under the tail coverts. Red-vented Bulbuls feed on fruit, nectar and insects.

Wikipedia states that The Red-vented Bulbul is incapable of synthesizing vitamin C. It shares this feature with a very limited number of other animals, among which are certain fruit bats and primates (including humans) as well as the guniea pig.

(pic @ anil, van vihar, bhopal)

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