Alophoixus

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Alophoixus
White-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus) in tree, from front.jpg
White-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Alophoixus
Oates, 1889
Type species
Ixos phaeocephalus [1]
Hartlaub, 1844
Species

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Alophoixus is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae found in south-eastern Asia. [2]

Contents

Taxonomy and systematics

Evolutionary relationships based on Fuchs et al., 2018. [3]

Extant species

Up to 2009, all the extant species of the genus Alophoixus were classified within the genus Criniger. Currently, there are eight species recognized: [4]

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alophoixus:

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References

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