Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus) - HBW 10, p. 238

French: Bulbul terreux German: Malaya-Weißkehlbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Cinereo

Taxonomy: I[ole]. cinerea Blyth, 1845, Melaka, Peninsular Malaysia.
Sometimes included in expanded genus Hypsipetes. Forms a superspecies with H. flavala 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. Two subspecies provisionally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • cinereus (Blyth, 1845) - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
  • connectens Sharpe, 1887 - N Borneo.

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