Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)

Other Names (World)
Puff-throated Bulbul, Olivaceous Bulbul, Olivaceous Bearded Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
22 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1870)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia, China (mainland), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) [XC696747]
by Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (song)

Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) [XC494945]
by Axel Drioli from Thma Doun Pov (near Khum Thma Doun Pov), Thma Bang, Koh Kong Province, Cambodia (call)

Subspecies
Putative subspecies grandis (from Yunnan, in southern China) considered indistinguishable from henrici.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

griseiceps (Hume, 1873) - Southern Myanmar (Pegu Yomas). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grey-crowned Bulbul (Alophoixus griseiceps).
robinsoni (Ticehurst, 1932) - Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim).
henrici (Oustalet, 1896) - Southern China (southern Yunnan east to eastern Guangxi), northern Thailand, northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
pallidus (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan.
isani (Deignan, 1956) - North-eastern Thailand.
annamensis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) - Central Vietnam (northern and central Annam).
khmerensis (Deignan, 1956) - Southern Laos, Cambodia (except south-west) and central Vietnam (central and southern Annam).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) - 10 files

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