Mountain bulbul | |
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At Sattal, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Ixos |
Species: | I. mcclellandii
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Binomial name | |
Ixos mcclellandii (
Horsfield, 1840)
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Synonyms | |
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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.
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.
Nine subspecies are currently recognized: [4]
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]
Mountain bulbul | |
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At Sattal, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Ixos |
Species: | I. mcclellandii
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Binomial name | |
Ixos mcclellandii (
Horsfield, 1840)
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Synonyms | |
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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.
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.
Nine subspecies are currently recognized: [4]
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]