Philippine bulbul

Ebird describes it as "A medium-sized bird of lowland and montane forest as well as more open wooded areas. Dark brown above with a pale belly, an orange-brown throat and chest with pale streaking, and a dark head with faint gray streaks. Bill fairly long and black. Similar to streak-breasted bulbul, but smaller, with a shorter bill, a grayish crown, and a warmer orange-brown throat and chest. Song consists of short, loud whistled phrases with a slightly metallic quality. Also gives downslurred squeals and chattering."{{Cite web |title=Philippine Bulbul - eBird |url=https://ebird.org/ebird/species/phibul1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=ebird.org |language=en}}

The Philippine bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus and later placed in the genus Ixos. In 2010, it was re-classified to the genus Hypsipetes as it is very closely related to the type species of that genus, the black bulbul.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/taxonomy-version-2/|title=Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-03}}Gregory (2000), Pasquet et al. (2001), Moyle & Marks (2006), BLI (2008) Until 2010, the Mindoro bulbul, Visayan bulbul and Zamboanga bulbul were all considered as subspecies of the Philippine bulbul.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/species-2-0-2-11/|title=Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-03}}

The Philippine bulbul differs from the rest with its lighter plummage, smaller bill and different call.

Three subspecies are currently recognized:{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls|last=|first=|year=2017|editor1-last=Gill|editor1-first=Frank|editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist)|editor2-last=Donsker|editor2-first=David|work=World Bird List Version 7.3|publisher=International Ornithologists' Union|accessdate=31 October 2017}}

• H. p. parkesi - (du Pont, 1980): Found on Burias
• H. p. philippinus - (Forster, 1795): Found in northern Philippines
• H. p. saturatior - (Hartert, 1916): Found in eastern-central and southern Philippines

It is a generalist that feeds on fruit and insects.

Fledglings of the Philippine bulbul were recorded on Mindanao in late April, but the breeding season seems to be prolonged as females with ripe ovarian follicles were still found in April and May. Territorial songs are heard at lower altitudes as late as May, while further upslope the birds are silent at that time of year and presumably engaged in breeding activity. The besra has been recorded as a predator of young Philippine bulbuls, and this or other goshawks might also catch adult birds.Peterson et al. (2008)

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest, forest edge, clearings, and coconut groves up to 2,000 meters above sea level.{{Cite journal |last1=Fishpool |first1=Lincoln |last2=Tobias |first2=Joseph A. |date=2020 |title=Philippine Bulbul (Hypsipetes philippinus), version 1.0 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/phibul1/1.0/introduction |journal=Birds of the World |language=en |doi=10.2173/bow.phibul1.01 |issn=2771-3105}}

A common and adaptable bird as long as sufficient forest remains, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.BLI (2008)

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• Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164–166. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828051747/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/16pdfs/Gregory-Bulbuls.pdf PDF fulltext]
• Moyle, Robert G. & Marks, Ben D. (2006): Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40(3): 687–695. {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015}} (HTML abstract)
• Pasquet, Éric; Han, Lian-Xian; Khobkhet, Obhas & Cibois, Alice (2001): Towards a molecular systematics of the genus Criniger, and a preliminary phylogeny of the bulbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 857–863. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816123553/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z01n4a12.pdf PDF fulltext]
• Peterson, A. Townsend; Brooks, Thomas; Gamauf, Anita; Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T.; Mallari, Neil Aldrin D.; Dutson, Guy; Bush, Sarah E. & Fernandez, Renato (2008): The Avifauna of Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Fieldiana Zool. New Series 114: 1-43. DOI:10.3158/0015-0754(2008)114[1:TAOMKB]2.0.CO;2 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090902200013/http://darwin.biology.utah.edu/PubsHTML/PDF-Files/90.pdf PDF fulltext]

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Philippine bulbul

Category:Endemic birds of the Philippines

Philippine bulbul

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