About the Hairy-backed Bulbul
The hairy-backed bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is the sole species contained within the monotypic genus Tricholestes. It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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The hairy-backed bulbul is a small (16–17 cm long, weigh 12–21 g), relatively quiet bulbul with a slightly rounded tail and strong rictal bristles. It is olive above and yellowish below, with key features including pale yellowish lores and a broad eye ring, a dark rufescent olive-brown cap and neck, olive-rufous uppertail-coverts and upperwings, a bright rufous-brown tail with creamy white tips, a creamy white chin and throat merging into a yellow breast, and hair-like filoplumes on the back (often concealed).
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Where the Hairy-backed Bulbul lives
When to see the Hairy-backed Bulbul
Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhousThe brown-breasted bulbul is a songbird in the family Pycnonotidae.
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostrisThe slender-billed greenbul is a species in the monotypic genus Stelgidillas of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollisThe yellow-gorgeted greenbul, formerly known as the yellow-throated leaflove, is a species of passerine bird in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
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