Gray-bellied Bulbul
Rubigula cyaniventris
Bicolored patterning of this bulbul is simple but unique: ashy gray with golden-olive wings. Inhabits lowland and hill forests (more common in the latter), usually in mature or near-mature growth. Regularly moves through upper strata of forests, moving with mixed flocks. Gives bright, somewhat slurred-sounding notes, as well as minivet-like trills.
Taxonomy
This species was previously placed in the large bulbul genus Pycnonotus, which was found to be polyphyletic in molecular phylogenetic studies, resulting in three species, including the grey-bellied bulbul, being moved to Ixodia. Some authorities use Ixidia for the genus name because Ixodia was thought to be preoccupied.<p>Two subspecies are recognized:
- Scientific name
- Rubigula cyaniventris
- Authority
- (Blyth, 1842)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Rubigula
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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