Sulphur-bellied bulbul
The sulphur-bellied bulbul (Iole palawanensis) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to Palawan (Philippines). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Iole |
| Species: | I. palawanensis |
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| Iole palawanensis (Tweeddale, 1878) | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The sulphur-bellied bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger. Some authorities have classified the sulphur-bellied bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Ixos. Alternate names for the sulphur-bellied bulbul include the golden-eyed bulbul and olive bulbul. The latter name should not to be confused with the species bearing the same name, Iole virescens.
Footnotes
- BirdLife International (2016). "Iole palawanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713176A94363503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713176A94363503.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- BLI (2008)
References
- BirdLife International (2008). "Ixos palawanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164–166. PDF fulltext
- Moyle, Robert G. & Marks, Ben D. (2006): Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40(3): 687–695. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015 (HTML abstract)
- Pasquet, Éric; Han, Lian-Xian; Khobkhet, Obhas & Cibois, Alice (2001): Towards a molecular systematics of the genus Criniger, and a preliminary phylogeny of the bulbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 857–863. PDF fulltext
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