Description：
Medium-sized (19cm) bulbul with black cap and moustachial on otherwise white head. There is an orange spotat base of lower bill. Upperparts olive, wings and tail brown edged olive-yellow. Underparts whitish with grey breast and brownish flanks. Iris--dark brown; bill--black; feet--black. Similar to light-vented Bulbul. Loud variable qiao-keli, qiao-keli.
Distribution:
Endemic to Taiwan. Gllobally Near-threatened. Occasional bird of lowlands up to 600m in SE parts of island. Occurs in lowland habitats where light-vented Bulbul is absent. There is a small overlap zone near Fanliao.
Ecology：
Typical forest bulbul

 
Bird id：B0146
Chinese name：深山竹雞
scientific name：Arborophila crudigularis
English name：Taiwan Hill Partridge
Order：Galliformes
Family：Phasianidae


Digital Museum of Zoology
National Taiwan University