Grey-headed bulbul

Grey-headed bulbul
At Udupi, Karnataka, India
Calling in background, with louder barbet calls

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Brachypodius
Species:
B. priocephalus
Binomial name
Brachypodius priocephalus
(Jerdon, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Pycnonotus prioocephalus
  • Brachypodius poiocephalus
  • Brachypus priocephalus
  • Ixos fisquetti Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • Micropus phaeocephalus
  • Microtarsus poioicephalus

The grey-headed bulbul (Brachypodius priocephalus) is a member of the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in south-western India, and found from Goa south to Tamil Nadu at altitudes up to 1200m. It is found in dense reeds or thickets mainly near rivers and swampy areas inside forests. They have a distinctive call that reveals their presence inside dense vegetation where they are hard to spot.

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