Mountain bulbul
| Mountain bulbul | |
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| At Sattal, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]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
[edit]Nine subspecies are currently recognized:[4]
- I. m. mcclellandii – (Horsfield, 1840): Found from the eastern Himalayas to north-western Myanmar
- I. m. ventralis – Stresemann & Heinrich, 1940: Found in south-western Myanmar
- I. m. tickelli – (Blyth, 1855): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Hypsipetes. Found in eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand
- I. m. similis – (Rothschild, 1921): Found from north-eastern Myanmar to southern China and northern Indochina
- I. m. holtii – (R. Swinhoe, 1861): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Hypsipetes. Found in south-eastern China
- I. m. loquax – Deignan, 1940: Found in north-central and north-eastern Thailand, southern Laos
- I. m. griseiventer – (Robinson & Kloss, 1919): Found in southern Vietnam
- I. m. canescens – Riley, 1933: Originally described as a separate species. Found in eastern Thailand and south-western Cambodia
- I. m. peracensis – (Hartert & Butler, AL, 1898): Found on the Malay Peninsula
Distribution and habitat
[edit]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]
Gallery
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Mountain bulbul in Thailand
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A flock from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164-166. PDF fulltext Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ixos mcclellandii - Avibase". Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ^ Robson, Craig (2002-10-07). Birds of Thailand. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-00700-7. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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