Cachar bulbul

The Cachar bulbul (Iole cacharensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in north-eastern India and south-eastern Bangladesh.[1] The Cachar bulbul was considered as a subspecies of the olive bulbul until it was split off and re-classified as a separate species by the IOC in 2017.[2]

Cachar bulbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Iole
Species:
I. cacharensis
Binomial name
Iole cacharensis
(Deignan, 1948)
Synonyms
  • Hypsipetes virescens cacherensis
  • Hypsipetes viridescens cacharensis
  • Hypsipetes viridescens cacherensis
  • Iole virescens cacharensis
  • Iole virescens cacherensis
  • Iole viridescens cacharensis
  • Microscelis viridescens cacharensis

References
  1. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  2. "Species Updates « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
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