a child found poultry in an oil palm plantation, at that time I was passing around the cot matahe hills to the north of lhokseumawe. this bird is still small, i don't know the Latin word for Aceh its name is BURUJUK.
Apparently merbah alcove likes open places, shrubs, roadsides, gardens, and secondary forest. These birds often flock, either when looking for food or perches, with their own kind or with other types of merbah, or even with other types of birds. . Sleeping in groups with its kind, on the branches of shrubs or small trees.
Like most Merbahs, this bird's diet is mainly a variety of insects and soft fruits. Cerukcuk also prey on caterpillars and other small animals such as worms. In addition, it also spends longer time foraging for food on the ground than other types of merbah.
Examination of the stomach contents of several specimens of merbah recesses from Aceh found the remains of figs (Ficus), seeds of a type of wild pepper, and the remains of large insects. Meanwhile, research in an oil palm plantation in Sarawak found that this bird likes insects of the order Coleoptera and Homoptera as prey; besides preying on various mosquitoes (Diptera order), earthworms, small fruits (berries) such as senggani fruit (Melastoma), leaves, and oil palm fruit fibers. In home yards in Java, these birds often perforate papaya fruit and ripe bananas.