The genus ''Alcurus'' is a small genus of

songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5000 ...

s in the bulbul family,

Pycnonotidae The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical ...

. It has two species: * Striated bulbul (''Alcurus striatus'', formerly ''Pycnonotus striatus'') * Spot-necked bulbul (''Alcurus tympanistrigus'', formerly ''Pycnonotus tympanistrigus'')

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{{Pycnonotidae-stub Alcurus Bird genera Taxa named by Edward Blyth