Olive-winged bulbul

Olive-winged bulbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Pycnonotus
Species:	P. plumosus
Binomial name
Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth, 1845

The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Diet

It eats fruit and insects. ^[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul. ^[3]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized: ^[4]

• P. p. porphyreus - Oberholser, 1912: Found on western Sumatra and nearby islands
• P. p. plumosus - Blyth, 1845: Found on Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, Java, Bali and western and southern Borneo
• P. p. hutzi - Stresemann, 1938: Found on northern and eastern Borneo
• P. p. hachisukae - Deignan, 1952: Found on islands off northern Borneo and south-western Philippines

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pycnonotus plumosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103834549A94346461. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103834549A94346461.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. MOKHTER, NORMAISHARAH; AKHSAN, MUHAMMAD ARIFUDDIN; AMRAN, MUHAMMAD ASRAF; TZE, JIEN LEE; ZAINAL, MD-ZAIRI; ABDUL-LATIFF, MUHAMMAD ABU BAKAR; NORAZLIMI, NOR ATIQAH (2022-11-30). "Feeding Ecology of Birds in Selected Microhabitat in Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia". Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. 17 (11): 68–80. doi:10.46754/jssm.2022.11.008. ISSN   1823-8556.
3. "Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
4. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-03-30.