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Puff-throated bulbul

Alophoixus pallidus (Swinhoe, 1870)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) is a species in the family Pycnonotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 46 g to 46.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)
Photo: Sun Jiao (Interaccoonale) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the puff-throated bulbul

Weight
46 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc 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 puff-throated bulbul live?

Not recorded

What is the puff-throated bulbul?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is found in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Puff-throated bulbul” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puff-throated_bulbul&oldid=1314916927), 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 puff-throated bulbul endangered?

The puff-throated 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 puff-throated bulbul classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPycnonotidae
  6. genusAlophoixus
  7. SpeciesAlophoixus pallidus (Swinhoe, 1870)

Synonyms Allophoixus pallidus, Criniger pallidus, Criniger pallidus pallidus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • بلبل منتفخ الحنجرةArabic
  • bulbul coronat pàl·lidCatalan
  • bulbulec jihoasijskýCzech
  • Lys TopbulbulDanish
  • BlassbauchbülbülGerman
  • Blassbauch-HaubenbülbülGerman
  • BlassbauchhaubenbülbülGerman
  • BraunhaubenbülbülGerman
  • pala bulbuloEsperanto
  • Bulbul pálidoSpanish
  • harmaaposkibulbuliFinnish
  • Bulbul pâleFrench
  • bradati bulbulCroatian
  • sápadthasú bülbülHungarian
  • Bulbul golapiumosaItalian
  • ノドジロカンムリヒヨドリJapanese
  • pūkuotagurklis alofoiksasLithuanian
  • Bleke BaardbuulbuulDutch
  • bruntoppbylbylNorwegian
  • szczeciak płowyPolish
  • bulbul-pálidoPortuguese
  • bulbul-de-poupa-castanhaPortuguese
  • Пышногорлый бюльбюль-бородачRussian
  • Бледнобрюхий манишковый бюльбюльRussian
  • bylbyl sivolíciSlovak
  • bruntofsbulbylSwedish
  • นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือThai
  • Solgun ArapbülbülüTurkish
  • бюльбюль-бородань великийUkrainian
  • 白喉冠鵯Chinese
  • 灰頭白喉冠鵯Chinese
  • 白喉冠鹎Chinese

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Relatives of the puff-throated 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 puff-throated bulbul?

An adult puff-throated bulbul weighs 46 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the puff-throated bulbul endangered?

The puff-throated 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 puff-throated bulbul?

The puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) belongs to the family Pycnonotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/puff-throated-bulbul

MLA

“Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/puff-throated-bulbul.

BibTeX
@misc{puff_throated_bulbul_2026,
  title = {Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/puff-throated-bulbul},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}