A bulbul with a black crest and bright yellow underparts that searches forest for fruit and insects, sometimes in small groups.
The head and crest are black, the back is yellowish olive, and the underparts are bright yellow. The tail has a square tip.
It lives in broadleaf forest from lowlands into the mountains and eats insects and fruit. At fruiting trees it may join small feeding parties with other bulbuls.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.