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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 Camiguin bulbul (Hypsipetes catarmanensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Philippines being only found on Camiguin.. The Camiguin bulbul was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellowish bulbul (Hypsipetes everetti), but more recent studies have found it to be a distinct species.
Genus Alophoixus – 8 species (formerly in Criniger) Genus Alcurus – striated bulbul; Genus Iole – 7 species; Genus Hemixos – 4 species; Genus Acritillas – yellow-browed bulbul; Genus Ixos – 5 species; Genus Hypsipetes – 26 species (includes 3 species formerly in Thapsinillas, one formerly in Cerasophila and one formerly in ...
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.
There is a consideration that the Mindoro form and the Visayan form of the Philippine bulbul, Hypsipetes philippinus, should be classed as separate species, Mindoro bulbul, Hypsipetes mindorensis, and Visayan bulbul, Hypsipetes guimarasensis, respectively, but this seems to be not quite agreed yet amongst the authorities. For now, only the ...
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.
Alternative names for the Malagasy bulbul include the black bulbul, Madagascar black bulbul, and Madagascar bulbul. The alternate name 'black bulbul' should not be confused with the species of the same name, Hypsipetes leucocephalus, with which it was formerly considered as conspecific.