Olive-winged Bulbul
Pycnonotus plumosus
Large plain bulbul of lowland forests, edges, and mangroves. Dull brown with gray-streaked ear coverts, red eyes, and olive-green panels on the wings. Other similar large brown bulbuls such as Red-eyed and Cream-vented can also have olive tones in the wings, but less prominently. Song is a simple series of bubbly warbling interspersed with sharper notes.
Taxonomy
Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul.<p>Four subspecies are recognized:
- Scientific name
- Pycnonotus plumosus
- Authority
- Blyth, 1845
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Pycnonotus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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