Yellow-throated Bulbul

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iYellow-throated Bulbul
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae Genus: Pycnonotus Species: P. xantholaemus
Binomial name
Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon, 1845)

The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a species of bulbul endemic to southern peninsular India.

The habitat of the species is rocky, scrub covered hills mostly in the Eastern Ghats and central peninsular India but also in some places in the Western Ghats.

This bird is usually shy and hidden within scrub and is usually detected by its sudden cackling outbursts of call which are similar to those of the White-browed Bulbul. They feed on berries of various scrub plant species including Lantana camera, Securinega leucopyrus, Toddalia asiatica, Erythroxylon monogynum, Solanum indicum, Santalum album, Ziziphus, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus nervosa, Ficus montana, Canthium dicoccum and Phyllanthus reticulata. They also feed on small insects.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Pycnonotus xantholaemus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable, and the criteria used