Species of Thailand
Grey-cheeked bulbul
Alophoixus tephrogenys
Jardine & Selby, 1833
In Thai: นกปรอดโอ่งแก้มเทา
The grey-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus tephrogenys) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found from the Malay Peninsula to the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized.
- A. b. tephrogenys - (Jardine & Selby, 1833): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger). Found on the Malay Peninsula and eastern Sumatra
- A. b. gutturalis - (Bonaparte, 1850): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Trichophorus. Found on Borneo
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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
- Alophoixus
- Species
- Alophoixus tephrogenys
Common names
- Thai: นกปรอดโอ่งแก้มเทา
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (ONEP)