Sula golden bulbul

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Sula golden bulbul
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Golden bulbul
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Hypsipetes
Species:
H. longirostris
Binomial name
Hypsipetes longirostris
(Wallace, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Criniger longirostris
  • Alophoixus longirostris

The Sula golden bulbul (Hypsipetes longirostris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to Sula Island (east of Sulawesi) in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Sula golden bulbul was originally classified in the genus Criniger , and has also been classified in the genus Alophoixus . The Sula golden bulbul was formerly considered as conspecific with five other bulbuls, all called the northern golden bulbul before they were all split. [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103842733A104140959. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103842733A104140959.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  3. Collar, N.J.; Eaton, J.A.; Hutchinson, R.O. (2013). "Species limits in the Golden Bulbul Alophoixus (Thapsinillas) affinis complex". Forktail. 29: 19–24.