Mountain bulbul

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Mountain bulbul
Ixos mcclellandii - Kaeng Krachan.jpg
Scientific classification
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I. mcclellandii
Binomial name
Ixos mcclellandii
Horsfield, 1840
Synonyms

Hypsipetes mcclellandii (Horsfield, 1840)

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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 or green-winged bulbul (I. virescens).[1][2] It ranges across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Thomas Horsfield in 1840.[3] Subspecies include:

  • I. m. mcclellandii
  • I. m. ventralis
  • I. m. tickelli
  • I. m. similis
  • I. m. holtii
  • I. m. loquax
  • I. m. griseiventer
  • I. m. canescens
  • I. m. peracensis

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet. Its natural habitat is broadleaved evergreen forests, 800-2590m.[4]

References

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  2. Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164-166. PDF fulltext
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