Bornean Bristlehead
A species of Bornean Bristlehead, Also known as Bald-headed Crow, Bristlehead Scientific name : Pityriasis gymnocephala Genus : Bornean Bristlehead
Bornean Bristlehead, A species of Bornean Bristlehead
Also known as:
Bald-headed Crow, Bristlehead
Botanical name: Pityriasis gymnocephala
Genus: Bornean Bristlehead
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Description General Info
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Description
The bristlehead is a medium-sized (25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length) black or dark grey bird, with red thighs and a red head, throat and neck, with grey ear-coverts and a featherless yellow crown. There is a white wing-patch, visible in flight, and females also have red spots on the flanks. It has a massive heavy black hooked bill and a short tail, giving it a chunky appearance. The crown is covered by short (3–4 mm) yellow or straw-coloured skin projections like bare feather shafts, hence the name 'bristlehead'. Juveniles have black thighs, red ear-coverts, a red eye-ring, just a few red feathers on the head and undeveloped 'bristles'. It is a noisy species making a variety of unmusical calls, including distinctive high-pitched nasal whining notes interspersed with harsher notes, chattering noises, whistles, honks and chortles. 
Size
26 cm
Feeding Habits
Bornean Bristlehead predominantly consume a diet of small plants, fruits, and vegetables. They forage in the forest canopy, adept at gleaning food items from foliage and branches. Unique for their selective feeding, they exhibit remarkable dietary adaptations for plant-based nutrients.
Habitat
The bornean Bristlehead predominantly inhabits a range of forested environments, notably thriving within primary dipterocarp forests, as well as in peat swamp forests. It is also present in other varied forest ecosystems, such as disturbed dipterocarp forests, upland heath forests, montane coniferous forests, coastal swamp forests, and mangroves. Additionally, it is known to occupy Acacia mangium plantations in vicinities adjacent to and distanced from primary forests.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Behavior
The bristlehead is a sociable species which often moves steadily in small garrulous flocks of 6–10 birds in the mid and upper canopy of the forest, sometimes accompanied by other large forest birds such as malkohas, babblers, drongos, trogons, woodpeckers and hornbills in mixed-species feeding flocks. Its movements in the canopy are slow and heavy and it flies with a fast, shallow wing-beat.
Distribution Area
The bristlehead is endemic to the island of Borneo, throughout the lowlands of which it has been recorded up to 1200 m asl, though its distribution is sparse, patchy and unpredictable. It may be found in both primary and secondary lowland forests, including peat swamp forests, mixed dipterocarp forests and mangroves.
Species Status
The main threat to the bristlehead comes from habitat destruction through logging of lowland primary forest and burning of peat swamp forest, and the species has almost certainly undergone a population decline. However, it also occurs in less affected forests on slopes so is classified as near-threatened.
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Pityriaseidae Genus
Bornean Bristlehead Species
Bornean Bristlehead 
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