Finsch's bulbul

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Finsch's bulbul
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Finsch's bulbul (left) by John Gerrard Keulemans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Iole
Species:
I. finschii
Binomial name
Iole finschii
(Salvadori, 1871)
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Synonyms
  • Alophoixus finschii
  • Criniger finschi

Finsch's bulbul (Iole finschii) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. [1] [2] It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

Finsch's bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger , moved to the genus Alophoixus in 2009, and to genus Iole in 2020. [3] [2] Alternate names for Finsch's bulbul include the dwarf bearded bulbul, dwarf bulbul and Finsch's bearded bulbul. The common name and scientific name commemorate the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Iole finschii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22713137A94360592. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713137A94360592.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Pycnonotidae". IOC World Bird List . Version 10.2. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 127.