Zamboanga Bulbul

Zamboanga Bulbul
Illustration by Keulemans, 1881
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Ixos (but see text)
Species: I. rufigularis
Binomial name
Ixos rufigularis
(Sharpe, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Iole rufigularis

The Zamboanga Bulbul (Ixos rufigularis) is a songbird species in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae).

It is one of the species of Ixos that might warrant inclusion in the genus Hypsipetes – as long as this is kept separate from Ixos – as it may be a close relative of the Philippine Bulbul (H. philippinensis), which in turn is closely related to the type species of Hypsipetes, the Black Bulbul (H. leucocephalus).[1]

It is endemic to the Philippines, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Gregory (2000), Pasquet et al. (2001), Moyle & Marks (2006)
  2. ^ BLI (2008)

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