White-browed Bulbul

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = White-browed Bulbul | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Pycnonotidae | genus = Pycnonotus | species = P. luteolus | binomial = Pycnonotus luteolus | binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1841) }} The White-browed Bulbul, Pycnonotus luteolus, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in Sri Lanka and the coasts of peninsular India.

This is a bird of dry scrub and woodland edges. It builds its nest in a tree; two eggs is a typical clutch.

The White-browed Bulbul is about 20cm (7 inches) in length, with a long tail. It has olive-grey upperparts and whitish underparts. This species is identified by the white supercilum, white crescent below the eye, and dark eyestripe and moustachial stripe. Sexes are similar in plumage.

White-browed Bulbuls feed on fruit, nectar and insects.

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