Saturday, February 8, 2014

Red-whiskered Bulbul at Hebbal Lake, Bangalore

Hebbal Lake in north Bangalore is favorite spot for various colorful birds. People have identified nearly 100 spices of birds here.



One such beautiful bird is Red-whiskered Bulbul.  



This bird is about 20 centimeters in length with brown upper-parts and whitish underparts. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red.


24 comments:

  1. Lovely capture! I have seen this kind of Bulbul in Kodaikanal

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  2. A colourful bulbul Rajesh. Thank you for sharing your pictures. I'll bet the lake is very good for bird watching.

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  3. What a nice looking bird.

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  4. Great captures!

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  5. wow that is impressive to have 100s of bird species for the wildlife watchers to appreciate

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  6. It is beautiful indeed.

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  7. WHat an interesting looking bird!

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  8. He is a beauty !

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  9. Fascinating bird and great shots!

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  10. Nice. I don't think we have those here. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Nice bird.

    Thank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.

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  12. I never saw this kind of bird. So beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Beautiful bird - very common in Bangalore parks !

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  14. what a cool looking bird!

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  15. A lovely serie!

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  16. What a pretty bird -- and I love its name.

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  17. Oh yes! This red whiskered bulbul is such a delight to watch. I remember its shrill cry when it used to come to our home in Bangalore. Lovely shot!

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  18. such a cute bird and the capture too :)

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  19. Such a pretty bird.

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