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Species of Thailand

Chestnut bulbul

Hemixos castanonotus

Robert Swinhoe, 1870

In Thai: นกปรอดสีน้ำตาลแดง

The chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

Formerly, some authorities classified the chestnut bulbul in the genus Hypsipetes and also as a subspecies of the ashy bulbul.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are currently recognized:

  • H. c. canipennis - Seebohm, 1890: Found in southern China and north-eastern Vietnam
  • H. c. castanonotus - R. Swinhoe, 1870: Found in northern Vietnam and on Hainan

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Category / Seasonal Status

Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Accidental

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

BCST Seasonal status: vagrant (non-breeding visitor with three or fewer records)

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
Genus
Hemixos
Species
Hemixos castanonotus

Common names

  • Thai: นกปรอดสีน้ำตาลแดง

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

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Chestnut bulbul

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