सिपाही बुलबुल

सिपाही बुलबुल
P. j. pyrrhotis (Nepal)
संरक्षण स्थिति
चिंता मुक्त प्रजाति (आइ॰यू॰सी॰एन॰ ३.१)
बैज्ञानिक वर्गीकरण
किंगडम:	एनिमेलिया (Animalia)
फाइलम:	कार्डेटा (Chordata)
ऑर्डर (Order):	सौरिशिया
सबऑर्डर:	थेरोपोडा
क्लास:	एव्स
ऑर्डर (Order):	पासरिफ़ार्मेस
परिवार:	Pycnonotidae
जाति (Genus):	Pycnonotus
प्रजाति:	P. jocosus
दूपद नाँव
Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
अउरी दूसर नाँव
Lanius jocosus Linnaeus, 1758

उपप्रजाति

सिपाही बुलबुल के कुल 9 गो उपप्रजाति सभ के पहिचानल गइल बाटे:

• P. j. fuscicaudatus - (Gould, 1866): Originally described as a separate species. Found in western and central India. Has a nearly complete breast band and no white tip to tail.
• P. j. abuensis - (Whistler, 1931): Found in north-western India (type locality Mount Abu) Is pale and has a broken breast band and no white tip to tail.
• P. j. pyrrhotis - (Bonaparte, 1850): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found in the Terai of northern India and Nepal. It is pale above with white tail tips and a widely separated breast band
• P. j. emeria - (Linnaeus, 1758): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Motacilla. Found from eastern India to south-western Thailand. Is warm brown above with a slim bill and a long crest (also introduced into Florida)
• P. j. whistleri - Deignan, 1948: Found in the Andaman Islands and has a warm brown plumage above, a heavier bill and a shorter crest than P. j. emeria
• Chinese red-whiskered bulbul (P. j. monticola) - (Horsfield, 1840): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found from eastern Himalayas to northern Myanmar and southern China and has darker upperparts than P. j. pyrrhotis
• P. j. jocosus - (Linnaeus, 1758): Found in south-eastern China
• P. j. hainanensis - (Hachisuka, 1939): Found on Hainan Island (off south-eastern China)
• P. j. pattani - Deignan, 1948: Found from southern Myanmar and northern Malay Peninsula through Thailand and southern Indochina

The red-whiskered bulbul is about 20 सेंटीमीटर (7.9 इंच) in length. It has brown upper-parts and whitish underparts with buff flanks and a dark spur running onto the breast at shoulder level. It has a tall pointed black crest, red face patch and thin black moustachial line. The tail is long and brown with white terminal feather tips, but the vent area is red. Juveniles lack the red patch behind the eye, and the vent area is rufous-orange.

The loud and evocative call is a sharp kink-a-joo (also transcribed as pettigrew or kick-pettigrew or pleased to meet you) and the song is a scolding chatter. They are more often heard than seen, but will often perch conspicuously especially in the mornings when they call from the tops of trees. The life span is about 11 years.