[edit] Identification

From Red-eyed Bulbul by smaller size and proportionately smaller and more rounded head. Upperparts dull brown with rufescent tinge on rump,ear coverts brown suffused with grey, throat whitish with greyish tinge, underparts ash-grey with undertail coverts tinged pale yellow; iris red(brown in Juvenile), narrow bright orange-yellow eyering perceivable only at close range. Size-16cm.

[edit] Distribution

Myanmar through the Malay Peninsular to Sumatra, Borneo and intervening islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Forest and forests edges.

[edit] Behaviour

Frequents the middle and lower storeys. Less common then Cream-vented and Red-eyed Bulbul. Typically seen in small parties at fruiting trees and shrubs along the forest trails, usualy with other bulbuls.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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