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.
Southern India: southern Deccan plateau in eastern Karnataka, southern Andhra Pradesh and northern Tamil Nadu.
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'.
Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) [XC473859]
by Sathyan Meppayur from Nr Munnar (not exact location) Kannan Devan Hills, Idukki, Kerala, India (song)
Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus) [XC387425]
by Sander Bot from Balaji Enclave (near Tirupati), Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India (call, song)
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.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet