- Hemixos cinereus
Identification
Short dark crest lightly mottled ashy. Blackish lores and malar and white throat contrasting with pale greyish-brown breast. Belly and undertail coverts whitish (the latter yellow in subspecies connectens from Borneo). Upperparts brownish-grey. Subspecies connectens have wings with a yellowish-green patch, but this lacking in race cinereous.
Similar species
More evenly brown than in the related Ashy Bulbul.
Distribution
Asia: Found from southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- H. c. cinereus - Thai-Malay Peninsula (north to southern Surat Thani) and Sumatra
- H. c. connectens - Highlands of northern Borneo
Recently split from Ashy Bulbul
Habitat
May utilize lowland but is more common in montane evergreen areas, both primary and second-growth.
Behaviour
Feeds on fruit, berries, seeds and insects.
Vocalisation
Whistles that vary from sharp through ringing and whining sounds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- del Hoyo, J., L. Fishpool, N. Collar, J. Tobias, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cinbul1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinereous Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinereous_Bulbul
