ashy bulbul
{{Short description|Species of songbird}}
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| image =Ashy Bulbul 0A2A7178.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Hemixos flavala
| authority = Blyth, 1845
| synonyms = * Hypsipetes flavala
- Hypsipetes flavalus
- Microscelis flavala
}}
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:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Bulbuls | work=World Bird List Version 7.3 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=22 October 2017 }}
- 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
Gallery
File:Ashy Bulbul from bird photography tour to Eaglenest wildlife sanctuary.jpg|H. f. flavala from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, India
File:Ashy Bulbul. AMSM5398.jpg|Ashy bulbul from Uttarakhand, India
References
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Category:Birds of Eastern Himalaya
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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