Northern brownbul

{{Short description|Species of songbird}}

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| image = Northern Brownbul - Meru - Kenya 06 8252 (16429554424).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Phyllastrephus strepitans |volume=2016 |page=e.T22712910A94354169 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712910A94354169.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Phyllastrephus

| species = strepitans

| authority = (Reichenow, 1879)

| range_map = Phyllastrephus strepitans distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Criniger strepitans

}}

The northern brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

It is found in eastern Africa.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

The northern brownbul was originally described in the genus Criniger. Alternate names include the East African scrub bulbul and northern brown bulbul.