Mindoro Bulbul is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines. Its 1890 description records dark olive-brown upperparts and a rufous-tinged breast.
Steere's 1890 description gives dark olive-brown upperparts, a darker ashy-brown head, and a rufous-tinged throat and breast with pale shaft streaks.
A 2024 field report records the species seen and heard in forest patches near Station 2 in Mount Iglit-Baco National Park on Mindoro.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.