Yellow-wattled Bulbul
Microtarsus urostictus
A medium-sized bird of lowland and foothill forest. Dark brown above with a grayish brown head with a slight crest, a warmer brown chest and sides, a white center of the belly, white under the base of the tail, and white tips to the undertail. Note the prominent yellow eye-ring. Somewhat similar to Zamboanga and Philippine Bulbuls, but Yellow-wattled has a crest and an obvious yellow eye-ring. Song consists of a short, rather tuneless whistled melody, often finishing higher.
Taxonomy
The yellow-wattled bulbul was described by Tommaso Salvadori in 1870. In common with the blue-wattled bulbul, it is alternately referred to as simply the wattled bulbul.<p>Five subspecies are recognized:
- Scientific name
- Microtarsus urostictus
- Authority
- (Salvadori, 1870)
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Microtarsus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
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