Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Olive Bulbul (Iole virescens) - HBW 10, p. 231
French: Bulbul olive
German: Burmabülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Verdoso
Other common names: Blyth’s Olive/Viridescent Bulbul
Taxonomy: I[ole]. virescens Blyth, 1845, Arakan, Myanmar.
Often placed in expanded genus Hypsipetes; when thus treated, current species name invalid, as preoccupied, and replaced by new name viridescens. Taxonomic status, morphological characters and vocalizations of populations in NE India and Myanmar uncertain or confusing, and possibly more than one species involved; birds in Bangladesh apparently belong to race cacharensis, but further study needed. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cacharensis (Deignan, 1948) - NE India (S Assam hills, extreme W Manipur, and Meghalaya) and SE Bangladesh (Chittagong).
- myitkyinensis (Deignan, 1948) - W & E Myanmar.
- virescens Blyth, 1845 - SW & S Myanmar (including Arakan) and SW Thailand.
- Least Concern
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