The nest is fairly rigid, thick-walled and cup-shaped. It is usually situated inside the leafy foliage of a small tree or shrub. Two or three eggs are a typical clutch. Like other bulbuls, it is parasitised by the Jacobin cuckoo.
Common bulbuls consume a wide range of fruits and berries, and also eat flowers, nectar, seeds, and insects; sometimes they break into termite mounds.
Although they are monogamous during breeding, sometimes as many as a hundred common bulbuls will flock together. When foraging they might set out in pairs or as a small family, but also join forces with larger groups.
Common bulbuls have a wide repertoire of calls, from shrill alarms to staccato warnings to soft welcome chattering. Individual males can have several distinctive “phrases” that are shared by as many as two dozen males nearby.
Bold, active, and gregarious, common bulbuls have adapted to sharing their habitats with humans and like to sit atop a bush or other perch, calling away.
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