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Baker's bulbul

Iole cinnamomeoventris

Edward Charles Stuart Baker, 1917

In Thai: นกปรอดเล็กตะนาวศรี

The olive bulbul (Iole viridescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

It is found from southern Myanmar to south-western Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, the olive bulbul was classified in the genera Microscelis and Hypsipetes by some authorities. The synonym Hypsipetes virescens has also been used for the Nicobar bulbul and the Sunda bulbul. Alternative names for the olive bulbul include Blyth's olive bulbul, Sumatran bulbul, and viridescent bulbul. The name 'olive bulbul' is also used as an alternative name by the yellow-bearded greenbul and the sulphur-bellied bulbul.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are currently recognized. The Cachar bulbul was also 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:

  • I. v. viridescens - Blyth, 1867: Found in southern Myanmar and south-western Thailand
  • I. v. lekhakuni - (Deignan, 1954): Found in southern Myanmar and south-western Thailand
  • I. v. cinnamomeoventris - Baker, ECS, 1917: Found on northern and central Malay Peninsula

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
Genus
Iole
Species
Iole cinnamomeoventris

Common names

  • Thai: นกปรอดเล็กตะนาวศรี

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