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Yellow-browed Bulbul

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Forests

Diet

Berries, Insects

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Yellow-browed Bulbul

Acritillas indica

The Yellow-browed Bulbul is a species of bulbul found in the forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. It is mainly yellow on the underside and olive above with a distinct yellow brow. They are easily located by their loud calls but tend to skulk within foliage below the forest canopy.

It is about 20 cm long, lacks a crest and has the upperparts olive green with a prominent yellow brow and goggle with the underparts being all yellow. The sexes do not differ in plumage. The bill is black and the iris is reddish brown. The population in the northern Western Ghats is paler yellow than the populations further south.

Regional Names
  • Hindi:
    हल्दी बुलबुल
  • Malayalam:
    മഞ്ഞച്ചിന്നൻ
  • Marathi:
    हळदी बुलबुल, पिवळ्या भुवईचा बुलबुल
  • Sanskrit:
    पीत गोवत्सक
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
PYCNONOTIDAE
Acritillas indica