PycnonotidaeHemixos

Ashy Bulbul

Hemixos flava

20–20 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
Has a crest

Resident. Himalayan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh. A distinctive, crested bulbul, with black mask. tawny ear-coverts. grey upperparts and greyish-brown tail. olive-yellow wing panel, white throat, and pale grey breast merging into whitish belly. Juvenile is similar to adult, but has shorter crest. browner upperparts. and duller wing panel. Broadleaved forest.

Colour

GreyWhiteBlackBrown
Average size
20 cm
Habitat
Broadleaved forest.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh. A distinctive, crested bulbul, with black mask. tawny ear-coverts. grey upperparts and greyish-brown tail. olive-yellow wing panel, white throat, and pale grey breast merging into whitish belly. Juvenile is similar to adult, but has shorter crest. browner upperparts. and duller wing panel. Broadleaved forest.

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Ashy Bulbul is bigger than Brown-fronted Woodpecker but smaller than Blyth's Starling.