The mountain bulbul ( Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda bulbul.[Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164-166. PDF fulltext ] It is found in Southeast Asia and is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Taxonomy and systematics
The mountain bulbul was originally described in the genus
Hypsipetes in 1840 by
Thomas Horsfield.
Alternate names for the mountain bulbul include the
green-winged bulbul,
McClelland's bulbul,
McClelland's rufous-bellied bulbul,
mountain streaked bulbul, and
rufous-bellied bulbul. The common name, 'mountain bulbul', is also used as an alternate name for the Cameroon greenbul.
Subspecies
Nine subspecies are currently recognized:
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I. m. mcclellandii – (Thomas Horsfield, 1840): Found from the eastern Himalayas to north-western Myanmar
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I. m. ventralis – Erwin Stresemann & Bernd Heinrich, 1940: Found in south-western Myanmar
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I. m. tickelli – (Edward Blyth, 1855): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Hypsipetes. Found in eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand
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I. m. similis – (Rothschild, 1921): Found from north-eastern Myanmar to southern China and northern Indochina
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I. m. holtii – (Robert Swinhoe, 1861): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Hypsipetes. Found in south-eastern China
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I. m. loquax – Deignan, 1940: Found in north-central and north-eastern Thailand, southern Laos
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I. m. griseiventer – (Robinson & Kloss, 1919): Found in southern Vietnam
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I. m. canescens – Riley, 1933: Originally described as a separate species. Found in eastern Thailand and south-western Cambodia
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I. m. peracensis – (Ernst Hartert & Butler, AL, 1898): Found on the Malay Peninsula
Distribution and habitat
It is found from the Indian subcontinent and southern China through
Indochina to the Malay Peninsula. Its natural
habitat is broadleaved evergreen
between 800m and 2590m ASL.
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