Grey-eyed bulbul

Grey-eyed bulbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Iole
Species:	I. propinqua
Binomial name
Iole propinqua (Oustalet, 1903)
Synonyms
Criniger propinquus Hypsipetes propinquus

The grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-eyed bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger and classified by some authorities within the genus Hypsipetes .

Subspecies

Five subspecies are currently recognized: ^[2]

• I. p. aquilonis - (Deignan, 1948) — southern China and north-eastern Vietnam
• I. p. propinqua - (Oustalet, 1903) — from eastern Myanmar to southern China, northern Thailand and northern Indochina
• I. p. simulator - (Deignan, 1948) — eastern Thailand and southern Indochina
• I. p. innectens - (Deignan, 1948) — far southern Vietnam
• I. p. myitkyinensis - (Deignan, 1948) — north-eastern and eastern Myanmar

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Iole propinqua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22713167A94362781. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713167A94362781.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.