Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
(Endangered).
Endemic. A common
species in forests
and gardens of
the higher hills.
An unmistakable
bird with its
prominent yellow
ear-tufts. Found
in pairs or in
small flocks.
Easily seen in
bushes and low
trees. Regularly
seen in bird waves
in the hills.
Tangamalai Sancturary
in Hputale, Hakgala
Botanical Gardens,
wooded sites in
Nuwara Eliya and
Horton Plains
National Park
are good places
to seethis species.
The flight call,
uttered often
while moving from
bush to bush,
is a loud, sweet,
rather quick weet,
wit-wit, wit-wit.
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