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A medium-sized bird, total body length (measured from tip of beak to tip of tail) of approximately 20 cm.
The upper side of the body (back, tail) dark grey, brown-colored side down (the throat, chest and abdomen) white matte. The Crown is blackish, white around the eyesand eyebrows, with a bridle (the line in front of the eye). The sides of the hull with the stroke-strokes in closing the arse Brown, and yellow.The iris of the eye is Brown, Black beak and feet pink-grey.
Merbah cerukcuk like the open places, shrubs, gardens, roadsides, and secondary forest. These birds are often grouped, either when looking for food as well asperched, with its own or with other types of merbah, or even with other species of birds. Sleep in groups by type, in the branches of an Evergreen shrub or small tree.
As generally merbah, bird food is mainly the fruit is soft. In the courtyard, this bird is often hollow papaya and banana fruit that has been cooked. He also eats insects, worms and other small animals such as worms. Merbah cerukcuk spend more time to look for food on the ground than other types of merbah.
Rang loud and noisy, cok, cok, ... COK-cok!; a short whistling cuk-lek-li-co. .. repeatedly, sometimes quickly; or weak-voiced singing similar to gumam or grunt.
Cerukcuk-shaped nest bowls of plaited grass leaves, sprigs of leaves or twigs are smooth, woven with fiber plant and stick to the branches. In Central Java also found nests are built in between the banana fruit.
The eggs of two or three rounds, colored whitish spotted brown or purple. Nestedwas recorded throughout the year, with a peak in March to June.
This bird is widespread in Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. In Indonesia found on Sumatra and nearby islands on its East, Borneo, Java and Bali.Allegedly introduced to South Sulawesi and Lombok. General there are up to an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level.
