White-headed Bulbul (Chinese bulbul)

Japanese: シロガシラ(白頭) - シロガシラ(英語表記)Chinese bulbul
White-headed Bulbul (Chinese bulbul)
A bird of the passerine family, Bulbulidae (illustration). Total length about 19 cm. Green-grey above, white below, and a yellow vertical stripe on the abdomen. The head is black, the area behind the eyes and to the back of the head is white, and there is a small white spot on the cheek. It is distributed in southern China, Hainan Island, and the Indochina Peninsula. In Japan, it is a resident bird on the Yaeyama Islands. The size of the white area behind the eye varies by region. In the Indochina Peninsula, there is no white area, and in southern China and Taiwan, the white area is large, but in Japan it is small. It lives in secondary forests, forest edges, and parks and gardens in urban areas with many roadside trees, and makes the song "fee, fee, fee."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
スズメ目ヒヨドリ科の鳥(イラスト)。全長約19cm。上面は緑灰色,下面が白く,腹部に黄色の縦斑がある。頭部は黒く,眼の後方から後頭にかけては白色で,ほおに小さな白斑がある。中国南部,海南島,インドシナ半島に分布する。日本では八重山諸島に留鳥として生息している。眼の後方の白色部の大きさは地方によって異なる。インドシナ半島では白色部がなく,中国南部と台湾では白色部が大きいが日本のものは小さい。二次林,林縁,街路樹の多い市街地の公園や庭園にすみ,フィー,フィー,フィーと鳴く。

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