green bulbul

noun

1

: any of numerous predominantly green bulbuls of southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific that have rich silky plumage often varied with blue, black, or yellow and that feed chiefly on fruits and nectar

called also fruitsucker, leafbird

see chloropsis

2

: greenbul

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