Mountain bulbul

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Mountain bulbul
Mountain Bulbul at Sattal.jpg
At Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Ixos
Species:
I. mcclellandii
Binomial name
Ixos mcclellandii
(Horsfield, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Hypsipetes mcclellandi
  • Hypsipetes mcclellandii(Horsfield, 1840)

The mountain bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is often placed in Hypsipetes , but seems to be closer to the type species of the genus Ixos , the Sunda bulbul. [1] [2] It is found in Southeast Asia and is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. [1] It is named after British East India Company Surgeon John McClelland.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The mountain bulbul was originally described in the genus Hypsipetes in 1840 by Thomas Horsfield. [3] Alternate names for the mountain bulbul include the green-winged bulbul, McClelland's bulbul, McClelland's rufous-bellied bulbul, mountain streaked bulbul, and rufous-bellied bulbul. The common name, 'mountain bulbul', is also used as an alternate name for the Cameroon greenbul.

Subspecies

Nine subspecies are currently recognized: [4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found from the Indian subcontinent and southern China through Indochina to the Malay Peninsula. Its natural habitat is broadleaved evergreen forests between 800m and 2590m ASL. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2016). "Ixos mcclellandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22713207A94365521. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713207A94365521.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164-166. PDF fulltext Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Ixos mcclellandii - Avibase" . Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  5. Robson, Craig (2002-10-07). Birds of Thailand. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-00700-7 . Retrieved 5 March 2011.