Ashy bulbul
The ashy bulbul 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:- H. f. flavala - Blyth, 1845: Found in the eastern Himalayas, north-eastern Bangladesh, north-western Myanmar and southern China
- H. f. hildebrandi - Allan [Octavian Hume|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 - Jean [Théodore Delacour|Delacour], 1926: Found in southern China, eastern Thailand, northern and central Laos
- H. f. remotus - : Found in southern Indochina