Sadly, no picture but I’m hoping somebody can identify this bird from my description. I know the names (in English and Thai) for most of the 10 or 11 varieties that I see regularly in my garden but this one escapes me.

 

So, it’s sandy brown, smaller than a mynah bird about the same size as a European thrush.

It has pale yellow underbelly and they seem to be particularly fond of eating bananas.

 

We now have a pair nesting in one of our sunshades and the nest is shaped like a small cup.

It's not a particularly spectacular bird but I’d just like to know what it’s called.

 

Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

39 minutes ago, mrjohn said:

So, it’s sandy brown, smaller than a mynah bird about the same size as a European thrush.

 

Is this the one ?

 

Sorry no. Far too colourful.

This one. Yellow vented bulbul

 

https://ebird.org/species/yevbul1

Thank you for your information and I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply.

I’ve been off-line for a few days.

It’s not actually the right bird but it did point me in the right direction.

 

It seems there are any number of different species of bulbul.

 

This is definitely the one and I’m assuming that the male is the one with the crest.

 

https://wildlifethailand.com/kunena/37-birds-and-birding/1464-bulbuls-of-thailand

 

 

Here is my own (not very good) picture

The above pair built a nest under a sunshade in our front garden.
This was the day that they finally got their offspring to fly.

 

They couldn't have chosen a more inconvenient site for the nest.
It was right by where we normally fire up our barbecue!

Interesting that there's still 2 unhatched eggs in the nest.

There's a thai man in my mooban who goes cycling with a similar fledgling on his shoulder. It was making noise as he passed me and i heard him say back to it "ruu laaw, ruu laaw" like you'd say to your wife.

"Interesting that there's still 2 unhatched eggs in the nest."

 

 

Yes and they are still there.

 

Clearly they were never going to hatch. It's a bit of a mystery.