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Hypsipetes is a genus of bulbuls, songbirds in the family Pycnonotidae. Most of its species occur in tropical forests around the Indian Ocean. But while the genus is quite diverse in the Madagascar region at the western end of its range it does not reach the African mainland.
The Mindoro bulbul (Hypsipetes mindorensis) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Philippine bulbul but was recognized as a distinct species in 2010.
It is the type species of the genus Hypsipetes, established by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in the early 1830s. [2] There are a number of subspecies , mostly varying in the shade of the body plumage which ranges from grey to black, and some also occur in white-headed morphs , as also suggested by its specific epithet leucocephalus , literally "white ...
The streak-breasted bulbul (Hypsipetes siquijorensis) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in the Visayas on the islands of Tablas Island , Siquijor , Cebu and Romblon .
The square-tailed bulbul (Hypsipetes ganeesa) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in south-western India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was previously classified as a subspecies of the black bulbul.
In 2010, it was re-classified to the genus Hypsipetes as it is very closely related to the type species of that genus, the black bulbul. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Until 2010, the Mindoro bulbul , Visayan bulbul and Zamboanga bulbul were all considered as subspecies of the Philippine bulbul.
In a few species the differences are so great that they have been described as functionally different species. The soft plumage of some species is colorful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage.
A list of the genera of birds with an indication of the typical species of each genus compiled from various sources. Vol. 28 (1 ed.). London. Available at Gallica (search for "Gray") Gregory, Steven M. (2000). "Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)" (PDF). Forktail. 16: 164– 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2008.