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''Hypsipetes mcclellandi'' | ''Hypsipetes mcclellandi'' | ||
− | [[Image:Mountain_Bulbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}} <br />Fraser's Hill, [[Malaysia]].]] | + | [[Image:Mountain_Bulbul.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''I. m. peracensis''<br />Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}} <br />Fraser's Hill, [[Malaysia]].]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
24cm<br /> | 24cm<br /> |
Revision as of 06:02, 16 November 2017
- Ixos mcclellandii
Hypsipetes mcclellandi
Identification
24cm
Stocky appearance. Fine whitish streaks on brown crown and greyish brown throat and breast is diagnostic.
Mantle, wings and tail rich olive yellow; belly whitish; undertail coverts yellowish.
Crown feathers sometimes raised in short shaggy crest.
Distribution
Himalayas, southern China, south-east Asia and the Malay Peninsula.
Taxonomy
Sometimes also placed in genus Hypsipetes
Subspecies[1]
There are 9 subspecies:
- I. m. mcclellandii: Eastern Himalayas (western Uttar Pradesh to eastern Assam)
- I. m. ventralis: SW Burma (Chin Hills and Arakan Yoma Mts.)
- I. m. tickelli: Eastern Burma (northern Shan States) to north-westerb Thailand
- I. m. similis: North-eastern Burma (Kachin) to south-western China (Yunnan) and northern Indochina
- I. m. holtii: Southern China (Sichuan to Fujian and Guangdong)
- I. m. loquax: Northern and eastern Thailand to southern Laos (Bolavens Plateau)
- I. m. griseiventer: Southern Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)
- I. m. canescens: South-eastern Thailand (Khao Kuap region)
- I. m. peracensis: Peninsular Thailand to northern Malaysia (Selangor and Pahang)
Habitat
Forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Rather sluggish. Usualy in loose parties of up to five.Usually keeps to leafy cover but will sometimes perch in the open. Tame and confiding.
Diet
Feeds in fruiting trees and shrubs together with other birds. Often obtains berries by hovering clumsily below strands of them.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mountain Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mountain_Bulbul