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Palawan bulbul

Alophoixus frater (Sharpe, 1877)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 29.2 g to 44.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the palawan bulbul

Weight
29.2 g – 44.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src 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 palawan bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the palawan bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Palawan bulbul or grey-throated bulbul (Alophoixus frater) is a species of songbird in the family Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to Palawan Island in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Palawan bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palawan_bulbul&oldid=1349133278), 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 palawan bulbul endangered?

The palawan 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 palawan bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusAlophoixus
  7. SpeciesAlophoixus frater (Sharpe, 1877)

Synonyms Alophoixus bres frater, Criniger bres frater, Criniger frater

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Gray-throated bulbulEnglish
  • Grey-throated bulbulEnglish
  • بلبل بالاويArabic
  • بلبل رمادي الحنجرةArabic
  • bulbul coronat de PalawanCatalan
  • PalawanbülbülGerman
  • grizgorĝa bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul fraileSpanish
  • tuhkakurkkubulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul jumeauFrench
  • Bulbul de SharpeFrench
  • smeđokruni bulbulCroatian
  • Bulbul golagrigia di PalawanItalian
  • ハイノドカンムリヒヨドリJapanese
  • Palavaninis alofoiksasLithuanian
  • PalawanbuulbuulDutch
  • askestrupebylbylNorwegian
  • szczeciak palawańskiPolish
  • bulbul-de-palauãPortuguese
  • bulbul-de-palawanPortuguese
  • Палаванский бюльбюль-бородачRussian
  • Палаванский манишковый бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl hnedookýSlovak
  • Sivogrli bulbulSerbian
  • palawanbulbylSwedish
  • Palavan Gri Yanaklı ArapbülbülüTurkish
  • бюльбюль-бородань палаванськийUkrainian
  • 巴拉旺冠鵯Chinese
  • 巴拉望冠鹎Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the palawan bulbul

Other species in the same genus Alophoixus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the palawan bulbul?

An adult palawan bulbul weighs 29.2 g – 44.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the palawan bulbul endangered?

The palawan 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 palawan bulbul?

The palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-bulbul

MLA

“Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{palawan_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}