Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Square-tailed Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes ganeesa) - HBW 10, p. 241

French: Bulbul des Ghats German: Indien-Rotschnabelbülbül Spanish: Bulbul de los Ghats
Other common names: Black Bulbul (when treated as conspecific with H. leucocephalus)

Taxonomy: Hypsipetes Ganeesa Sykes, 1832, “Dense woods of the Ghats” = Mahabaleshwar, India.
Previously included within a broad H. madagascariensis. Usually treated as conspecific with H. leucocephalus, but marked differences in morphology and vocalizations indicate that the two are better considered separate species. Further, morphological distinctions between nominate race and humii minor, but vocal differences seem substantial; further study needed in order to determine whether two species involved. Two subspecies provisionally recognized.

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