Yellow-browed Bulbul - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies A. i. icterica
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats, altitude 4710 feet, Satara, Maharashtra, India, 29 December 2024

Acritillas indica

Iole indica

Identification

20 cm (7¾ in)

• Yellow brow, orbital area, face and throat
• Olive upperparts
• Bill is slightly de-curved
• Large dark eyes

Distribution

Photo © by Rajsurin
Kerala, India, October 2018

Asia: found in India, Eastern Himalayas and Sri Lanka

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in genus Iole.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. i. icterica:

• Western India (western Ghats from southern Maharashtra to Belgaum and Goa)

• A. i. indica:

• South-western India and Sri Lanka (except for south-west)

• A. i. guglielmi:

• South-western Sri Lanka

Habitat

Evergreen jungle, sholas and coffee shade-trees, wet forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of fruit and seeds with the addition of insects, including spiders. They're also sometimes eat flowers.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-browed Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-browed_Bulbul

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