Species of Thailand
Ashy bulbul
Hemixos flavala
Edward Blyth, 1845
In Thai: นกปรอดแถบปีกเหลือง
The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, some authorities classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are currently recognized:
- H. f. flavala - Blyth, 1845: Found in the eastern Himalayas, north-eastern Bangladesh, north-western Myanmar and southern China
- H. f. hildebrandi - Hume, 1874: Found in eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand
- H. f. davisoni - Hume, 1877: Found in south-eastern Myanmar and south-western Thailand
- H. f. bourdellei - Delacour, 1926: Found in southern China, eastern Thailand, northern and central Laos
- H. f. remotus - (Deignan, 1957): Found in southern Indochina
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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
- Hemixos
- Species
- Hemixos flavala
Common names
- Thai: นกปรอดแถบปีกเหลือง
Synonyms
- Hemixus cinereus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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