Cream-vented bulbul
(Redirected from Pycnonotus simplex)
| Cream-vented bulbul | |
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| File:Now you see it .... - Flickr - Lip Kee.jpg | |
| In Panti Forest, Johor, Malaysia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Pycnonotus |
| Species: | P. simplex
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| Binomial name | |
| Pycnonotus simplex Lesson, 1839
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| File:Pycnonotus simplex distribution map.png | |
The cream-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its breast might sometimes look a little yellow.
Taxonomy and systematics
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Alternate names for the cream-vented bulbul include the white-eyed brown bulbul and white-eyed bulbul. The latter alternate name is also shared with the white-spectacled bulbul.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Four subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. s. simplex - Lesson, 1839: Found from Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and nearby islands.
- P. s. perplexus - Chasen & Kloss, 1929: Found on Borneo and nearby islands. White-eyed populations of bulbuls on Borneo formerly thought to belong to this species are now considered a distinct species, the cream-eyed bulbul (P. pseudosimplex).
- P. s. prillwitzi - Hartert, 1902: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Java
- P. s. halizonus - Oberholser, 1917: Found on Anambas and northern Natuna Islands
References
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