The genus Brachypodius is a small genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, that are found in South and Southeast Asia.
The word Brachypodius combines the Ancient Greek brakhus meaning "short" with pous, podos meaning "foot".

1/ The black-headed bulbul (Chào mào vàng đầu đen, Brachypodius melanocephalos) is a member of the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in forests in south-eastern Asia.

The bird earlier were referred to as Brachypodius atriceps, Pycnonotus atriceps.