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Revision as of 22:43, 4 November 2018
- 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
Asia: found in India, Eastern Himalayas and Sri Lanka
Taxonomy
Sometimes placed in genus Iole.
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- I. i. icterica:
- Western India (western Ghats from southern Maharashtra to Belgaum and Goa)
- I. i. indica:
- South-western India and Sri Lanka (except for south-west)
- I. 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
- 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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-browed Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-browed_Bulbul
