GUAVA BULBUL.
- Muscicapa goiavier Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 96.
- Pycnonotus goiavier Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6, 141; Hand-List (1901), 3, 330; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 239; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 215; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 316; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 80.
- Pycnonotus goiavier suluensis Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 36, 470 (Sulu, Mindanao, and Basilan).[66]
Pá-la-go, Ticao; this name also used for Iole. Luc-lac, Manila; cul-cul, in general.
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Cebu (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett, Whitehead, Bartsch); Libagao (Porter); Luzon (Meyer, Möllendorff, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Murray, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Nipa (Everett); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (McGregor); Samar (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester, Bartsch); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Adult.—Middle of forehead and crown seal-brown, bordered on each side by a band of white extending from base of bill over eyes to sides of occiput; lores and a ring around eye black; above including wings and tail dark brown, the feathers fringed with earthy or ocherous brown; ear-coverts brown; spot below eye, jaw, and most of the under parts white; breast and sides with distinct brown shaft-streaks; flanks and thighs brown; abdomen washed with pale yellow; crissum lemon-yellow; axillars and wing-lining white, washed with yellow. Sexes similar in color. A male from Mindanao measures: Wing, 76; tail, 73; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 20. A female from Basilan, wing, 78; tail, 77; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 20.
“The guava bulbul is one of the commonest of Philippine birds; it is called ‘cul-cul’ by the natives. Very abundant about fruit trees and bushes in the open fields, and in scrub and second growth; much rarer in deep forest. Four male birds average: Length, 189; wing, 84; tail, 84; culmen, 19; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 21. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and feet black; one specimen had been eating insects.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Two eggs were collected by Whitehead near Paranas, Samar, on June 24, 1896. Steere took three eggs at Dumaguete, Negros, February 11, 1888, and four eggs in Marinduque, May 12, 1888. The two eggs from Samar are thus described: “Shape ovate. Ground-color pale pinkish white, very thickly mottled all over with light red and underlying grayish lavender blotches. Measurements 21 mm. by 15 mm.
“Nest cup-shaped, built of fine roots, and placed in a low tree about five feet [1.5 meters] from the ground in an open situation.” (Grant and Whitehead.)