Cream-eyed bulbul

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Cream-eyed bulbul
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species:
P. pseudosimplex
Binomial name
Pycnonotus pseudosimplex
Shakya et al., 2019

The cream-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. [2]

It was formerly considered a white-eyed color morph of the red-eyed Bornean population of the cream-vented bulbul (P. simplex), especially as actual white-eyed morphs of P. simplex exist outside of Borneo. However, genetic analysis indicates that the Bornean white-eyed population is genetically distinct from P. simplex and most closely related the ashy-fronted bulbul (P. cinereifrons) of Palawan in the Philippines, whereas the Bornean red-eyed population is most closely related to white-eyed P. simplex from mainland Southeast Asia, though it could still warrant recognition as a separate subspecies or even species. Unlike the Bornean cream-vented bulbul, the cream-eyed bulbul is also much more habitat-restricted, occurring mostly only in high-altitude old-growth forests. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Pycnonotus pseudosimplex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T155219571A155220740. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155219571A155220740.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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