Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCup nestSmall · 31 g

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Darren Obbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Shiva Shenoy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Seema Merchant, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-browed Bulbul (Acritillas indica), photo 10 — Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Yellow-browed Bulbul sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-browed Bulbul: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Jairam Vijayan · Call, song · Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

This bulbul is about 20 cm (7.9 in) 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 (ssp. icterica) is paler yellow than the populations further south (ssp. indica). A somewhat disjunct population is found in the Eastern Ghats. Southwestern Sri Lankan populations (ssp. gugliemi) are greener while the northern populations are included in the nominate subspecies.

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When to see the Yellow-browed Bulbul

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-browed Bulbul

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Sri Lanka

About the Yellow-browed Bulbul

The yellow-browed bulbul, or golden-browed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in the forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. The yellow-browed bulbul 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. While its taxonomic classification has changed over time, it is currently the sole species within the monotypic genus Acritillas which is closely related to Hemixos.

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Easily confused with

Black-crested BulbulRubigula flaviventrisThe black-crested bulbul is 18.5–19.5 cm in length.

Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordiThe Ayeyarwady bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.

Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenysThe Himalayan bulbul is about 18 cm in length, with a wingspan of 25.5–28 cm and an average weight of 30 g.

Side by side: Himalayan Bulbul vs Yellow-browed Bulbul · Black-crested Bulbul vs Yellow-browed Bulbul

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