Diet: omnivore based on Mohd-Azlan et al. 2019
Abundance: 0.26 to 7.24% (median 1.51%)
Latitudinal range: 1.6° to 5.3°Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8) only
Found in 8 samples
Indonesia: Larut Matang District (secondary forest)
Malaysia: Pasoh Forest Reserve (virgin forest), Pasoh Forest Reserve (regenerating forest), Kuala Keniam, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation)
See also Pycnonotus, Pycnonotus atriceps, Pycnonotus aurigaster, Pycnonotus barbatus, Pycnonotus blanfordi, Pycnonotus brunneus, Pycnonotus cafer, Pycnonotus caffer, Pycnonotus capensis, Pycnonotus cyaniventris, Pycnonotus eutilosus, Pycnonotus eutilotus, Pycnonotus finlaysoni, Pycnonotus goiavier, Pycnonotus gracilis, Pycnonotus jocosus, Pycnonotus jocusus, Pycnonotus leucotos, Pycnonotus melanicterus, Pycnonotus melanoleucos, Pycnonotus nigricans, Pycnonotus plumosus, Pycnonotus simplex, Pycnonotus sinensis, Pycnonotus sp., Pycnonotus tricolor, Pycnonotus urostictus, Pycnonotus virens