Brown-breasted bulbul

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| image = Brown-breasted Bulbul - Thailand_S4E9144 (16429556574).jpg

| image_caption = In Thailand

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Pycnonotus xanthorrhous |volume=2016 |page=e.T22712640A94341228 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712640A94341228.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Pycnonotus

| species = xanthorrhous

| authority = Anderson, 1869

| range_map = Pycnonotus xanthorrhous distribution map.png

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The brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) is a songbird in the family Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by John Anderson in 1869.File:A brown-breasted Bulbul. Photo taken in PIngdingshan,China..jpgIt is found in south-eastern Asia from central and southern China to Myanmar and northern Thailand.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the brown-breasted bulbul include Anderson's bulbul and yellow-vented bulbul (not to be confused with the species of the same name, Pycnonotus goiavier).

=Subspecies=

Two subspecies are recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-12}}

  • P. x. xanthorrhous - Anderson, 1869: Found from south-western China and northern Myanmar to northern Indochina
  • P. x. andersoni - (R. Swinhoe, 1870): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Ixos. Found in central and southern China

Diet

It eats fruit, including Camellia japonica.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-07 |title=Cayratia japonica (Sorrel vine) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.11655 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=CABI Compendium}}

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