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- Notes - Scientific names : Pycnonotus goiavier goiavier, Pycnonotus goiavier samarensis, Pycnonotus goiavier suluensis Family: Pycnonotidae Local names: Pirruka (Ilok); Kukul (Pil); Luklak or Malipago (Tag); Pirok-Pirok, Tangolol, Palago, Papago, Parago, Pago-Pago (Vis) Conservation status: LC (Least Concern) The yellow-vented bulbul is one of the most common Philippine birds seen about fruit trees and bushes in the open fields and in scrub and second growth, but much rarer in deep forest. It feeds on fruits and insects. It breeds from March to September and keeps its young in cup-shaped nests made of grass, vines, and roots lined with fine fiber-like serial roots, placed in a low tree about 5 feet from the ground, in an open situation. Two to three eggs make a full clutch. Incubation is 13 days. Young leaves the nest in 12 to 14 days. Egg is ovate, ground-color pale pinkish white, very thickly mottled all over with light red and underlying lavender blotches.
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