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==Description== The white-browed bulbul is about {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, with a moderately long ({{convert|8|cm|in|frac=2|disp=or}}) tail. It has olive-grey upperparts and whitish underparts. This species is identifiable by the white {{birdgloss|supercilium}}, white crescent below the eye, and dark eyestripe and moustachial stripe. The vent is yellowish and there is some yellow on the chin and moustache. The throat is, however, largely whitish unlike in the similar looking and sounding [[yellow-throated bulbul]], which is found in rockier habitats. Three or four hair-like {{birdgloss|filoplume}}s are present on the nape. Sexes are similar in plumage. It is usually detected by the burst of song that it produces from the top of a bush and often dives into the bush becoming difficult to see. The song is a rich, spluttering warble and the bird is more often heard than seen. ''P. l. insulae'' is slightly darker and has a shorter wing than the nominate race.<ref name=pcr>{{cite book|author=Rasmussen PC|author2=JC Anderton|name-list-style=amp|year=2005| title = Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2|publisher=Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions|page=341}}</ref><ref name=hbk>{{cite book|author=Ali, S|author2=SD Ripley|name-list-style=amp|year=1996| title= Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Volume 6|edition=2nd| publisher=Oxford University Press|place= New Delhi|pages=98β100}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/stream/popularhandbooko033226mbp#page/n111/mode/2up/|pages=76β77|title=Popular handbook of Indian birds|author=Whistler, H|year=1949| edition=4th|publisher=Gurney and Jackon|place=London}}</ref><ref name=fbi1>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/birdsindia01oaterich#page/290/mode/1up|author=Oates, EW| title= Fauna of British India. Birds. Volume 1|pages=290β291|publisher=Taylor and Francis| place=London|year=1889}}</ref><ref name=fbi2>{{cite book|author=Baker, EC Stuart|year=1922|title=Fauna of British India. Birds. Volume 1|edition=2nd|publisher=Taylor and Francis|place= London|pages=417β418|url=https://archive.org/stream/faunaofbritishin01bake#page/417/mode/1up}}</ref>
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