The cream-eyed bulbul (''Pycnonotus pseudosimplex'') is a member of the
bulbul
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 As ...
family of
passerine birds. It is
endemic to the island of
Borneo.
It was formerly considered a white-eyed
color morph of the red-eyed Bornean population of the
cream-vented bulbul (''P. simplex''), especially as actual white-eyed morphs of ''P. simplex'' exist outside of Borneo. However, genetic analysis indicates that the Bornean white-eyed population is genetically distinct from ''P. simplex'' and most closely related the
ashy-fronted bulbul
The ashy-fronted bulbul (''Pycnonotus cinereifrons'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Until 2010, the a ...
(''P. cinereifrons'') of
Palawan in the
Philippines, whereas the Bornean red-eyed population is most closely related to white-eyed ''P. simplex'' from mainland
Southeast Asia, though it could still warrant recognition as a separate subspecies or even species. Unlike the Bornean cream-vented bulbul, the cream-eyed bulbul is also much more habitat-restricted, occurring mostly only in high-altitude
old-growth forest
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological featur ...
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References
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cream-eyed bulbul
The cream-eyed bulbul (''Pycnonotus pseudosimplex'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is Endemism, endemic to the island of Borneo.
It was formerly considered a white-eyed Polymorphism (biology), color morph of the red-eye ...
Birds of Brunei
Birds of East Malaysia
Endemic birds of Borneo
cream-eyed bulbul
The cream-eyed bulbul (''Pycnonotus pseudosimplex'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is Endemism, endemic to the island of Borneo.
It was formerly considered a white-eyed Polymorphism (biology), color morph of the red-eye ...