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Hook-billed Bulbul

Bulbuls

Setornis criniger

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit, berries, insects

Habitat

Lowland peat-swamp and heath forest

Range

Sundaland

Clutch size

2 eggs

Incubation period

About 13 days

Size

Medium (20–22cm)

Wingspan

~28–30cm

Weight

~35–42g

A large, plain greyish bulbul with a distinctively hooked, heavy bill, classified as Vulnerable due to severe loss of its specialised peat-swamp and heath forest habitat.

Rare and local across its Sundaic range, feeding on fruit and insects in the canopy, and considered one of the more difficult bulbuls to observe in Borneo.

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