They are easily located by their loud calls but tend to skulk within foliage below the forest canopy.

While its taxonomic classification has changed over time, it is currently the sole species within the monotypic genus Acritillas which is closely related to Hemixos.

Hypsipetes Acritillas Hemixos Ixos Alcurus Iole Alophoixus Tricholestes The yellow-browed bulbul was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger) in 1839 by T. C. Jerdon on the basis of specimens from the Wynaad region and given the original binomial (or protonym) of Trichophorus indicus.

[3][4][5] Some authorities have included the yellow-browed bulbul in the genus Hypsipetes but a 2018 molecular phylogenetic study indicated the nearest living relative as Hemixos flavala.

[10][11] Yellow-browed bulbuls are found in pairs or small groups and call loudly.

[12] Peak breeding in the Silent Valley National Park of Kerala was found in January and February.