
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Watling, D 
T1  - The breeding biology of the Red-vented Bulbul <I>Pycnonotus cafer</I> in Fiji
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1983
VL  - 83
IS  - 3
SP  - 173
EP  - 180
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9830173 
N2  - In Fiji, the Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer has a distinct breeding season which occurs during the rains. The Bulbul has a mean clutch size of 2.5. There is a high rate of egg and nestling loss; 72% of eggs laid do not hatch and 53% of nestlings do not survive. Bulbuls have an extended period of parental care of fledglings and are unlikely to raise more than one brood in a season. Fledgling survival appears to be good and the annual recruitment rate is probably about 30%, although in one year it was considerably less. 
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