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The puff-throated bulbul is a large (23 cm long) bulbul with olive upperparts, yellow underparts, and puffy white throat feathers. It is similar in appearance to the white-throated bulbul but with duller underparts. It has black feet and brown iris and bill. Males and females are visually indistinguishable.
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When to see the Puff-throated Bulbul
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Puff-throated Bulbul
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Puff-throated Bulbul
The puff-throated bulbul is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is found in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Easily confused with
White-throated BulbulAlophoixus flaveolusThe white-throated bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Ochraceous BulbulAlophoixus ochraceusThe ochraceous bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Yellow-bellied BulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalusThe yellow-bellied bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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