The dark-capped bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor) is a common bird around these parts of the country and generaly can be found in central, eastern and south-eastern Africa. They are also a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is always nice to see these birds flying around with their signature bright yellow vent.
They have a grayish-brown upper parts and whitish under parts, grayish-brown breast and a dark head. Plumage is similar if not the same between the sexes. Their length ranging from 18cm to 20cm with males usually being larger than the females. The Dark-capped bulbul is monogamous, laying about three eggs with a 15 day period within a . Their diet consist of but is not limited to caterpillars, insects, nectar and fruits. In the suburbs they can be found in gardens.
The dark-capped bulbul is sometimes identified by other names like black-eyed bulbul (which was a common name as it distinguished it from the red-eyed bulbul), garden bulbul (garden bird) and tricoloured bulbul. This has lead some authorities to treat the dark-capped bulbul as a subspecies of the common bulbul rather than a complete species in it self.
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