This bulbul ranges across central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is mostly brown with olive-yellow wings and tail and distinctive yellow stripes on the face and upper throat.
It is mostly drab brown, with olive-yellow wings and tail and yellow undertail-coverts. Sharp yellow stripes mark the head and upper throat.
It favors fruiting trees and may associate with other bulbuls. The Singapore account describes it as a very rare visitor there.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.