Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) - HBW 10, p. 238

French: Bulbul à ailes vertes German: Weißkehlbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Ceniciento
Other common names: Brown-eared Bulbul(!)

Taxonomy: H[emixos]. flavala Blyth, 1845, Nepal.
Sometimes included in expanded genus Hypsipetes. Forms a superspecies with H. cinereus and H. castanonotus, and all often treated as conspecific, but morphological and vocal distinctness of constituent taxa suggests that they are best viewed as allospecies; full review necessary to determine relationship among forms. Isolated race remotus is notably divergent, and may warrant elevation to species rank. Five subspecies provisionally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

flavala Blyth, 1845 - E Himalayas from N India (E from Uttar Pradesh, including S Assam hills) E to SE Tibet, NW Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan), and NE Bangladesh (Sylhet).
bourdellei Delacour, 1926 - S China (S Yunnan), E Myanmar, NE Thailand and N & C Laos.
remotus (Deignan, 1957) - S Laos, S Vietnam (S Annam) and SE Cambodia.

See all 5 subspecies

flavala Blyth, 1845 - E Himalayas from N India (E from Uttar Pradesh, including S Assam hills) E to SE Tibet, NW Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan), and NE Bangladesh (Sylhet).
bourdellei Delacour, 1926 - S China (S Yunnan), E Myanmar, NE Thailand and N & C Laos.
remotus (Deignan, 1957) - S Laos, S Vietnam (S Annam) and SE Cambodia.
hildebrandi Hume, 1874 - S Myanmar and W Thailand.
davisoni Hume, 1877 - S Myanmar (N Tenasserim) and SW Thailand.