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Alternative name: Comoros Bulbul; Grand Comoro Bulbul

Hypsipetes parvirostris

Includes: Moheli Bulbul

Identification

Distribution

Africa: found only on the Comoro Islands (highlands of Grand Comoro and Mohéli).

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • H. p. parvirostris on Grand Comoro
  • H. p. moheliensis on Moheli

Moheliensis is sometimes considered a full species, Moheli Bulbul.[1]

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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