• English: Yellow-vented Bulbul
• Filipino: Luklak

This is among my very first bird videos.

They are residents here in my area, possibly numbering more than a dozen. I hear them around 07:00 to 09:00, hanging out together with the matang dulong.

As per Wikipedia, there are six recognised subspecies. Based on my location, I believe my companions are of the nominate subspecies P. g. goiavier, found in northern and north-central Philippines.

According to this Haribon post, “[T]he term bulbul is derived from the Persian word for nightingale”. Wiktionary agrees, the Persian word being بلبل, transliterated as bolbol. The sounds like bulbol in Filipino, which means “pubic hair”.

Additional resources:

• My YouTube playlist of these guys
• The Birds of Alabang Hills
• ebird.org pics and audio
  • Pics and audio from the Philippines

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