Yellow-vented Bulbul

The yellow-vented bulbul is a familiar open-country bulbul 20–20.5 cm long. Adults have brown upperparts, a dark crown and loral stripe, broad white eyebrow, white throat, pale underparts with faint streaking and a vivid yellow vent. A slight crest is not always raised. The combination of white face, dark eye-line and yellow undertail distinguishes it from other brown bulbuls in gardens and secondary habitats (Birds of Singapore; Singapore National Parks).

It is resident from southern Myanmar and Indochina through Malaysia and Indonesia to the Philippines, avoiding deep forest but thriving in mangroves, secondary growth, coastal scrub, gardens, parks and cultivated land. Birds eat berries and small fruit, sip nectar, nibble shoots and capture insects. A loose, deep cup of grass, roots, leaves and twigs may be placed from a low bush to a high tree. Two to five eggs are laid (Singapore National Parks; Wikipedia, general species account).