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 VU    Yellow-throated Bulbul* Id (Atlas):
    Pycnonotus xantholaemus

Description (10)
Image of Yellow-throated Bulbul
 

Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Bulbul, Yellow-eared Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jerdon, 1845)

Habitat
Boulder-strewn hillsides or rocky outcrops with dense undergrowth, usually under either thorn-scrub, scrub jungle, mixed dry or moist deciduous forest. From 300 to 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)
India (B) (NB).

Southern India: southern Deccan plateau in eastern Karnataka, southern Andhra Pradesh and northern Tamil Nadu.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat loss and degradation through commercial quarrying for granite, cutting and lopping of trees for fuelwood, clearance for cultivation and intensive browsing of berry-bearing shrubs by domestic livestock are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In pairs and small groups of 6 or more. Shy and inconspicuous.

Food
Insects and berries.

Voice
An explosive conversational babble 'pit pit pit, woopit woopit, pit pit ut utoo pit pit ut utoo'. Also a nasal, mellow 'rhid-tu-tu'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) [XC369516]
     by Barry Edmonston from Highway 65, Theni County, Tamil Nadu, India (song)

 
Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) [XC69346]
     by Peter Boesman from Andhra Pradesh, India (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus) which has a pale supercilium and lacks yellow throat and tip of tail.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) - 10 files


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