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  red-whiskered bulbul
The first red-whiskered bulbul was observed in lower Makiki in the fall of 1965 and later in the Nuuanu and Manoa valleys (Williams, 1983).
The initial observations of bulbuls were in rather scattered regions of the island, this led to the theory that the birds were introduced in several places at separate times (as supported by the above examples) (Williams, 1983).
In 1960, 5-10 red-whiskered bulbuls, originally from Calcutta, India, escaped from captivity at the Miami Rare Bird Farm and established themselves in a suburban area in the southern fringes of Miami, Florida (Owre 1973).
www.geocities.com /huajuck/bulbul.htm   (1694 words)

  
 Bulbul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds resident in Africa and tropical Asia.
Similarly, analysis of DNA sequences of the RAG1 and RAG2 genes suggests that the genus Nicator was not a bulbul either (Beresford et al.
The last genus might be allied to Calyptocichla or not be a bulbul at all.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulbul   (463 words)

  
 Bulbul tarang - The Indian banjo
Bulbul tarang, also known as the "banjo", is a common instrument in India.
Tuning the bulbul tarang is very easy, however we must not forget that there are innumerable variations in size, number of strings, gauge of strings, etc. Therefore, we will just go over the general principles and you can work out the details.
It is immediately apparent that the bulbul tarang's keyboard is reminiscent of the harmonium keyboard.
chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/bulbul.html   (637 words)

  
 Bulbul on his kaleidoscopic journey | DesPardes.com - DeshBidesh.com
Bulbul embarked on his music career when he was a teenager.
Bulbul thinks that his sense of music and ability to relate to the masses are the secret behind his popularity.
Bulbul is one of the judges in the much hyped talent hunt Closeup 1 Tomakei Khujchhe Bangladesh.
www.despardes.com /Bangladesh/ent/default.html   (758 words)

  
 bulbul, in zoology, bird. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Bulbuls are famed as songsters and are popular as cage birds in the Middle East; frequently mentioned in Persian poetry, the word bulbul is often mistranslated “nightingale.” Bulbuls range in size from 6 in.
A common Asian species, the red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus, is easily tamed and is popular as a cage bird.
Bulbuls are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Pycnonotidae.
www.bartleby.com /65/bu/bulbl-brd.html   (199 words)

  
 BULBUL
in 1996 i wanted to form a music-group called bulbul - that word sounds heavy'n'drunk but means night'n'gale - however didn't know anyone who would share the stages with me, raumschiff engelmayr.
when playing concerts i dressed myself as an orbital indian but soon got tired of the drummachine and invited a human drummer, zan, and a guitarplayer who should do the bass-treatments (his name is derhunt), to join bulbul.
bulbul are three cranky misters, disguised as flowers, chickens, girls or salvador dali, doing the splits between maximum droning and minimal disco rock with androgynous lyrics in austrian slang or pseudo-english.
www.rasprechs.com /bulbul.html   (488 words)

  
 Mauritius Black Bulbul - Merle Charpentier - Hypsipetes (borbonicus) olivaceus
The Mauritius bulbul, called locally whistling flbird, was a long time a popular game.
In the years 1970, its population was estimated at approximately 500 individuals.
Safford, R. Notes on the biology of the Mauritius Black Bulbul Hypsipetes olivaceus.
www.encyclopedia.mu /Nature/Fauna/Birds/Endemic/Black_Bulbul.htm   (157 words)

  
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There are seven subspecies of the red-vented bulbuls which are all native to Pakistan, India, Ceylon and eastward to the Indo-Chinese subregion (Berger, 1981).
The bulbul is often a belligerent and aggressive bird that chases off other species.
In March 1977, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed that the bulbuls be added to the list of injurious species that should not be imported into the United States without a special permit (Berger, 1983).
www.botany.hawaii.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /bot350/1996/Cherie/cherie2.htm   (693 words)

  
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The introduction to Fiji resulted in the bulbul becoming a serious pest on the fruit trees and in vegetable gardens (Berger, 1981).
Andrew Berger reported on this observation, "the first report of this [the red-vented bulbul] species is...in a report on birds observed on an Audobon Society field trip of Waipahu, where at least six red-vented bulbuls were seen; these are new escapees that had been reported by the manager's wife, Mrs.
The theory that the bulbuls were brought on or near military bases is further supported by the observation that there were several sightings of the red-vented bulbul on or adjacent to military lands during flights made in the 1950s (Williams, 1983).
www.botany.hawaii.edu /bot350/1996/Cherie/cherie2.htm   (693 words)

  
 PETCRAFT - Canaries and Other Cage-Bird Friends - White-eared Bulbul
The white-eared, or red-whiskered, bulbul (Otocompsa jocosa) is found from India to the Malay Peninsula.
The bulbul of the poets is found in this family (the Pycnonotidae), a group of which some kinds are good songsters, while others are not so proficient.
Bulbuls require soft food, but with proper care are hardy in captivity.
www.petcraft.com /docs/whiteearedbulbul.shtml   (283 words)

  
 Pictures of Birds Blackeyed Bulbul
This Bulbul is a very very common resident and is found from Arabia to the Cape.
Very vocal, the bulbul gives loud alarm calls when danger is present.
Nest is a neat cup made of twigs and grass lined with hair or soft materials.
www.bushveld.co.za /pictures-bulbul.htm   (69 words)

  
 Chinese Bulbul and Crested Bulbu
The reason why some birds, such as the bulbul, would like to increase their signaling may be explained by Paterson's hypotheses.
The traditional view of the interspecific plumage colour variation is that such colour differences serve to minimize the risk of hybridization (Mcnaught 2002).
This may be a reason why Bulbuls like to stand calm on branches of that isolated tree in the open space, compared to flying frequently inside woodland.
www.freewebtown.com /colorbirds/bulbul.html   (425 words)

  
 The Red-Whiskered Bulbul (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Red-Whiskered Bulbul is in the family Pycnonotidae, and its Latin name is Pycnonotus jocosus.
And the red colour under the tail has led some people to call it the bulbul with khon mask and red bottom!The common breeding ground of the Red-Whiskered Bulbul is across South and Southeast Asia from India, Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand to Indochina.
This bulbul is found in groups or at least as a pair.
www.geocities.com.cob-web.org:8888 /TheTropics/Harbor/7503/ruang_nok/red_whiskered_bulbul.html   (330 words)

  
 Bulbul's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bulbul is a postgraduate fellow in the Bantu Syntax Project at Leiden University, in the Netherlands..
Bulbul's 2002 Zulu adventure, a travel journal of my three-month stay in South Africa, where i conducted research for my dissertation on Zulu syntax.
Bulbul's virtual kitchen has been under eternal construction since around 1998.
www.fizzylogic.com /users/bulbul   (299 words)

  
 iranian.com: Music, Murtuza "Bulbul" Mammadov
Bulbul (1897-1961), whose real name is Murtuza Mammadov.
When we were kids (as young as 4 or 5), my father would kind of make us to listen to him and most of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's musicals and operas.
How ironic now I start my weekends with listening to bulbul and I am sure will be torturing my kids with this until they, like myself, learn to love his voice.
www.iranian.com /Music/Mammadov/index.html   (149 words)

  
 Cartoons by Bulbul
Bulbul is a freelance cartoonist her work appears in the Labor, Feminist, and alternative press.
DRAWING MY TIMES, Cartoons by Bulbul, a 30 year retrospective, is the title of Bulbul's latest cartoon book.
After sorting through 30 years of her cartoons which she stored in an old trunk, she chose cartoons for the collection that still resonate with today's happenings.
www.bulbul.com   (173 words)

  
 Bird Ecology Study Group, Nature Society (Singapore): Yellow-vented Bulbul: Food for the nestlings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) is one of the more successful urban birds in Singapore.
On certain months of the year the loud and somewhat pleasant bubbling songs in the early morning and later evening are music to the ear.
Images of bulbul by Tang Hung Bun; nesting among artificial plant by Lena Chow; input by YC.
besgroup.blogspot.com /2006/11/yellow-vented-bulbul-food-for.html   (566 words)

  
 White-spectacled Bulbul - Pycnonotus xanthopygos - Bulbul d'Arabie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Synonyms : Bulbul d'Arabie, Arabische buulbuul (Neerl), Gelbsteißbülbül (Alle), Bulbul capinero (Ital), Bulbul Arabe (Espa)
White-spectacled bulbul is easily identified by its combination of yellow undertail coverts, complete sooty hood, cleanly demarcated on upper breast, and whitish eye-ring.
Female lays 2 to 4 eggs smooth and glossy, light violet to pinkish-white, spotted and speckled with violet or red-brown and grey.
www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/passeriformes/white-spectacled.bulbul.html   (610 words)

  
 Species Profile for Mauritius olivaceous bulbul
Federal Register documents that apply to the Mauritius olivaceous bulbul.
USFWS Refuges on which the Mauritius olivaceous bulbul is reported.
The Mauritius olivaceous bulbul was first listed on June 02, 1970.
ecos.fws.gov /SpeciesProfile?spcode=B011   (146 words)

  
 Red-whiskered Bulbul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus, is a member of the bulbul family.
In fact: a human whistling into a bulbul nest will provoke a positive reaction from young chicks if present in the nest.
Its more noticeable cousin the Red-vented Bulbul is more commonly seen around human habitats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red-whiskered_Bulbul   (302 words)

  
 Bulbul Information
USGS data sheet on Red-whiskered Bulbul, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
"The Red-whiskered Bulbul has a distinct red ear patch, and red tail coverts.
Brief categorized information on habitat, feeding, food, size, habits, etc. "Red-whiskered bulbuls are normal resident bird and they like to act in groups".
www.junglewalk.com /info/Bulbul-information.htm   (213 words)

  
 Department of Physics Faculty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Professor Bulbul Chakraborty is a condensed matter theorist who is interested in systems far from equilibrium.
A sampling of recent publications and short descriptions of her research topics can be found on the group's web site.
"Impulse Distributions in dense granular flows: signatures of large-scale spatial structures," Allison Ferguson, Ben Fisher and Bulbul Chakraborty, Europhys Lett.
www.physics.brandeis.edu /faculty/chak.htm   (104 words)

  
 Dodson's Bulbul, Pycnonotus dodsoni
They generally occur in pairs or small family groups.
Dodson's Bulbul is similar in look and habit to the Dark-capped Bulbul but it has white neck patches (which give it its alternate name of White-eared Bulbul) and a distinctively scaled breast.
Some authorities classify both birds as being races of the species Pycnonotus barbatus.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /bulbul-d.htm   (132 words)

  
 Red-whiskered Bulbul photo - Robert photos at pbase.com
The red-whiskered bulbul is native to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and also ranges from the Indo-Chinese subregion to Hong Kong and the South China coast.
It has been introduced to Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Nicobar Islands, Mauritius, Australia, mainland US and the Hawaiian Islands.
A photo of a red-whiskered bulbul egg is here.
www.pbase.com /image/26955009   (125 words)

  
 Roses and Bulbul Birds (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Arabs, he said, were Semitic warriors harsh from time out of mind; as a conse­quence, their Islam was militant and violent, forever in jihad.
Whereas, his Islamic culture, because it was Persian, was inevitably sweet and gentle, delicate as music and love: his Islam was that of Roses, and Bulbuls, the nightingales of the Middle East.
It was a matter of utterly different races, he said.
calitreview.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Essays/roses_5023.htm   (1878 words)

  
 Dark-capped Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
World: Found just about everywhere in Africa S of 20°N except in the dry SW and on the Cape.
They are generally found in pairs in wooded and shrubby habitats, adapting well to artificial environments such as gardens and parks.
It is similar in look and habit to Dodson's Bulbul but is lacks the white ear-coverts and distinctive breast mottling characteristic of this other species.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /bulbul.htm   (127 words)

  
 bulbul - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
We found no English translation for 'bulbul' in our French to English Dictionary.
Or did you want to translate 'bulbul' from English to French?
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'bulbul' in the title:
www.wordreference.com /fren/bulbul   (41 words)

  
 Bulbul's Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bulbul's multilingual selection of streaming audio links page.
Or go straight to one of the indexes.
Bulbul's government page, for links to federal, state, county, and city official sites and information on how to contact your elected officials.
fizzylogic.com /users/bulbul/links.html   (1012 words)

  
 Black-crested Bulbul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Black-crested Bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
The Black-crested Bulbul is about 19cm in length, with a long tail.
It has olive upperparts and bright yellow underparts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black-crested_Bulbul   (211 words)

  
 Bulbul by Saleh Badrah
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