Red-whiskered Bulbul: Introduced to parts of North America as escaped caged birds. Brown upperparts, black crested head, mask, partial collar, orange-red patch behind eye, white cheek patch. Underparts are white with brown wash. Eats berries, fruits and insects. Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Interesting Information

• The Red-whiskered Bulbul was first described in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist.

• It gets its name from the red whisker patch located below its eye.

• On Oahu they eat the orange morphs of the Monarch butterfly, causing a rise in the white morph population over the last twenty years.

• The word bulbul may have come from a Turkish or Persian word for nightingale.

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