{"id":55708,"date":"2018-10-28T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T16:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=55708"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T08:57:12","slug":"yellow-vented-bulbul-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2018\/10\/28\/yellow-vented-bulbul-under-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-vented Bulbul under threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Isla Sharp<\/strong> wrote: \u201cI am travelling in Malaysia\u2026 At <strong>Ruth Kiew<\/strong>\u2019s Bukit Awansari apartment outside Kuala Lumpur recently, we were startled by a nonstop vocalisation with considerable note and rhythm variation, by what was definitely a bulbul but it was twilight so we couldn\u2019t see colours &#8211; we could see the crest. I think it was the usual yellow-vented but can\u2019t be sure. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55712\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?attachment_id=55712\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55712\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ad-pair-Bougain-0106-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ad-pair-Bougain-0106-5.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ad-pair-Bougain-0106-5-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pair of Yellow-vented Bulbuls (Photo by YC Wee).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere was a pair of them, with one vocalising more than the other (male?). It was 7pm, in the common condo courtyard garden and poolside area, and the birds were in tall non-native palms (not dates), tall and slim with smooth trunks and high crowns. We listened for about 4 minutess and then I decided to record the last 6 mins, sound (iphone) attached, so this was a nonstop 10 minutes vocalisation! Both of us found it quite extraordinary. Was it courtship or territorial defence? Over to BESG!\u201d<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-55708-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bulbuls-calls-IlsaSharp.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bulbuls-calls-IlsaSharp.m4a\">https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bulbuls-calls-IlsaSharp.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>.<br \/>\nIlsa\u2019s note was sent to Malaysian birder <strong>Dato\u2019 Dr Amar Singh HSS<\/strong> who replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1. You are correct, the calls are those of a Yellow-vented Bulbul (<em>Pycnonotus goiavier analis<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2. They are not courtship or territorial defence but distress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c3. I have heard this not infrequently (even occasionally in my own garden) and is usually made in response to a threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bulbuls are most likely nesting near-by and there is a danger to the young\/nest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past I have heard it in response to a predator attacking the young. Usually the male makes it but occasionally both male and female (like in response to a female Koel).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilsa Sharp<\/strong><br \/>\nPerth, Australia<br \/>\n6th October 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/03\/11\/dato%E2%80%99-dr-amar-singh-hss-%E2%80%93-birdwatcher-extraordinarie\/\">Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIpoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\n16th October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isla Sharp wrote: \u201cI am travelling in Malaysia\u2026 At Ruth Kiew\u2019s Bukit Awansari apartment outside Kuala Lumpur recently, we were startled by a nonstop vocalisation with considerable note and rhythm variation, by what was definitely a bulbul but it was twilight so we couldn\u2019t see colours &#8211; we could see the crest. I think it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":55712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}