White-headed bulbul
| White-headed bulbul | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes Vigors, 1831 |
| Species: | H. thompsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsipetes thompsoni (Bingham, 1900) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cerasophila thompsoni Bingham, 1900 | |
The white-headed bulbul (Hypsipetes thompsoni) is a songbird species in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). It is the sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Cerasophila (literally meaning "cherry-lover").[2]
It is found in Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hypsipetes thompsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Gregory (2000)
- ↑ BLI (2008)
References
- Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164-166. PDF fulltext