The Spectacled Bulbul has a red iris and a narrow orange-yellow eye-ring and uses lower and middle forest layers.
Its upperparts are dull brown with a rufescent rump. The throat is whitish and the underparts are grey. Adults have a red iris and a narrow orange-yellow eye-ring visible at close range.
It uses the middle and lower storeys of forests and forest edges. Small parties may gather at fruiting trees and shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.