Ashy Bulbul

Hemixos flavala Blyth, 1845

≈19 cmLength32 gWeight

It mainly inhabits mountain woodland below 1,600 m, but also occurs in roadside thickets in mountain villages.

Busiest months: December–February · Most records: Thailand, India, Vietnam

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December–February · Most records: Thailand, India, Vietnam

Ashy Bulbul has been recorded at 189 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

SattalIndia576 records
Kaeng Krachan NP – Panoen Thung (upper elevation) vicinityThailand454 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia378 records

More places

Deo Nui San passVietnam359 records
Taksin Maharat NP – headquarters vicinityThailand335 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia317 records
Kaeng Krachan NPThailand299 records
Khao Yai NP – Pha Dieo Dai boardwalkThailand273 records
Khao Yai NPThailand262 records
Da Lat – Ta Nung ValleyVietnam241 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Thailand India Vietnam China Bhutan Cambodia Bangladesh Myanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Questions

How big is the Ashy Bulbul?

The Ashy Bulbul is about ≈19 cm long and weighs around 32 g.

Where does the Ashy Bulbul live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, southwestern China, western, northeastern Thailand, Indochina. It is most often recorded in Thailand, India and Vietnam.