Bulbul

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bulbul

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Family Pycnonotidae
2. What is the diet?Omnivore; comprises fruits, nectar, insects, spiders, and occasionally small vertebrates
3. What does a bulbul eat?Bulbuls love fruit and bugs, and sometimes nectar. They eat a mix of food that changes with the seasons.
4. How do bulbuls help plants?When they eat fruit, they carry the seeds far away and drop them in new places. This helps new plants grow and keeps forests healthy.

Passerine Birds: Birds belonging to the order Passeriformes, characterized by a perching foot and typically complex vocalizations.
Altricial Young: Newly hatched birds that are helpless, blind, and featherless, requiring extensive parental care.
Frugivory: The practice of feeding on fruits.
Anthropogenized: Modified or created by human activity.