A bulbul native to southern Asia. It was introduced to eastern Australia, where it occurs in parks and gardens.
It has a pointed black crest, white cheeks and a red patch below the eye. The sexes look similar, while young birds are duller.
Red-whiskered Bulbuls bred from February to early August in 2013 in Xishuangbanna, southwestern China. Li and colleagues surveyed the botanical garden and recorded the heights, supporting plants, egg numbers and outcomes of 102 nests. All nests were found in cultivated landscapes; none were observed in native tropical rainforest. The open cup nests were placed on 50 plant species, at a mean height of 2.1 m above ground.
Mean clutch size was 2.53 eggs across 40 nests, and overall nest success was 34.22%. Eggs averaged 2.81 g; incubation averaged 11.1 days and the nestling period 11.0 days. The study recorded nesting on many kinds of plants in cultivated areas. These results describe one year of observations at one botanical garden.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species · Least Concern (LC) · Global
BirdLife International’s 2024 IUCN Red List assessment classifies the Red-whiskered Bulbul as Least Concern (LC) globally.