A Review: Caring Practices of Songbird, Red-Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

Abstract

Pycnonotus jocosus is known as red-whiskered bulbul or known by local Malaysian as songbird or burung candik. Burung candik is one of the favourite pet birds’. Generally, it comes from Bangladesh, southern China, India, Nepal, north Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Animal Pest Alert: Red-whiskered Bulbul). Burung candik is favoured because of their ability in singing in east-coast region of Malaysia specifically. In this research, the caring practices are observed. All the result were recorded and documented through interview and experiment research. The caring practices concerned are housing and cage, bathing and grooming, singing feature and diet and feeding. The results showed that one cage equipped with one bird for comfort and to avoid fighting. The birds were needed to be bathed once in a week at least according to the bird’s willingness. General singing functions are to attract the mate and territorial defense. Feed given were insects, fruits and pellet.

Habitat selection by invaders: Avoiding natural habitats by the red‐whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

“…Point counts were conducted from September 2019 to February 2020, during the non‐breeding season in Spain, to determine the presence of the species in the squares (Figure 1). The species sings frequently during the day throughout the year, which is one of the reasons why it is captured and traded (To et al, 2021; Zulhisyam et al, 2016). Domínguez‐Pérez and Gil‐Delgado (2022), in a previous study, demonstrated that the species can be readily detected in the field under similar sampling conditions in just 5 min and it can be heard from nearly 100 m away.…”