Moheli bulbul

Moheli bulbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Hypsipetes
Species: H. moheliensis
Binomial name
Hypsipetes moheliensis
(Benson, 1960)
Synonyms
  • Hypsipetes crassirostris moheliensis
  • Hypsipetes parvirostris moheliensis

The Moheli bulbul (Hypsipetes moheliensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the south-eastern Indian Ocean island of Mohéli. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Until 2011, it was classified as a subspecies of the Grand Comoro bulbul.[2] It is also considered a sister species to the Seychelles bulbul.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes parvirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103823897A94366310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823897A94366310.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

References

  • Benson, C.W. 1960. The birds of the Comoro Islands: results of the British Ornithologists' Union centenary expedition. Ibis 103b: 5-106
  • Warren, B.H., E. Bermingham, R.P. Prŷs-Jones, and C. Thebaud. 2005. Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 271–287


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