Species Details

@MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);

Olive (Cachar) Bulbul Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Iole viridescens
Family : Pycnonotidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
 
Description : Olive bulbul is a small bird with olive colored upperpart and a slightly darkish crest.Their wings are olive-yellow and tail is rufous.They have a faint yellowish throat,olive-yellow belly,a faint rufous vent and brownish legs.Their bill has dark brown upper mandible and paler lower mandible.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by: Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.