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Blue-wattled Bulbul

Bulbuls

Microtarsus nieuwenhuisii

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit, berries, insects

Habitat

Lowland forest

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Clutch size

2 eggs (inferred)

Incubation period

Unrecorded, likely about 13 days

Size

Medium (20–21cm)

Wingspan

~26–28cm

Weight

~28–34g

A poorly known bulbul endemic to Borneo, notable for the small bare blue wattle behind the eye that gives it its name, classified as Data Deficient.

So rarely recorded that basic aspects of its ecology remain unstudied, with sightings largely confined to lowland forest in scattered parts of the island.

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