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Brown-breasted bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 26.9 g to 27.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous)
Photo: Sergei from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown-breasted bulbul

Weight
26.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown-breasted bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the brown-breasted bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) is a songbird in the family Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by John Anderson in 1869.It is found in south-eastern Asia from central and southern China to Myanmar and northern Thailand.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown-breasted bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown-breasted_bulbul&oldid=1314033415), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown-breasted bulbul endangered?

The brown-breasted bulbul is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the brown-breasted bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusPycnonotus
  7. SpeciesPycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869

Synonyms Pycnonotus aurigaster xanthorrhous

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Anderson's bulbulEnglish
  • بلبل بني الصدرArabic
  • bulbul pitbrúCatalan
  • bulbul de casquet negreCatalan
  • bulbul hnědoprsýCzech
  • bwlbwl AndersonWelsh
  • Brunbrystet BulbulDanish
  • BraunbrustbülbülGerman
  • brunbrusta bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul pechipardoSpanish
  • rusovyöbulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul à poitrine bruneFrench
  • crnokapi bulbulCroatian
  • barnamellű bülbülHungarian
  • Bulbul pettobrunoItalian
  • ノドジロヒヨドリJapanese
  • 갈색가슴직박구리Korean
  • rudakrūtis bulbiulisLithuanian
  • BruinborstbuulbuulDutch
  • brunbrystbylbylNorwegian
  • bilbil białogardłyPolish
  • bulbul-de-peito-pardoPortuguese
  • bulbul-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • Бурогрудый бюльбюльRussian
  • Бурогрудый настоящий бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl hnedoprsýSlovak
  • смеђоплећи булбулSerbian
  • Smeđogrudi bulbulSerbian
  • brunbröstad bulbylSwedish
  • นกปรอดหัวโขนก้นเหลืองThai
  • Bıyıklı ArapbülbülüTurkish
  • бюльбюль білогорлийUkrainian
  • 黃臀鵯Chinese
  • 黄臀鹎Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the brown-breasted bulbul

Other species in the same genus Pycnonotus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown-breasted bulbul?

An adult brown-breasted bulbul weighs 26.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown-breasted bulbul endangered?

The brown-breasted bulbul is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown-breasted bulbul?

The brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-breasted-bulbul

MLA

“Brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-breasted-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_breasted_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-breasted-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}