Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole olivacea) - HBW 10, p. 231

French: Bulbul de Charlotte German: Braunbauchbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Oliváceo
Other common names: Dull-brown Bulbul; Charlotte’s/Finsch’s Bulbul (charlottae)

Taxonomy: I[ole]. olivacea Blyth, 1844, Singapore.
Often included in a broad genus Hypsipetes; when thus treated, current species name becomes invalid, as preoccupied, and name cryptus should be used, in addition to which charlottae then has priority as the species name. Proposed race perplexa (from Labuan Kelambu, in Borneo) invalid, as described from a standard juvenile specimen. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • olivacea Blyth, 1844 - S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand (S of 14° N), Peninsular Malaysia, Riau Archipelago and Sumatra (including Batu Is, Bangka and Belitung).
  • charlottae (Finsch, 1867) - Anambas Is (E of Peninsular Malaysia), N Natunas and Borneo (including Banggi I).