The Malagasy bulbul (''Hypsipetes madagascariensis'') is a species of
songbird in 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, Pycnonotidae. It is found on
Madagascar and other regional islands in the south-western Indian Ocean.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Malagasy bulbul was originally described in the genus
Turdus. Alternative names for the Malagasy bulbul include the black bulbul, Madagascar black bulbul, and Madagascar bulbul. The alternate name 'black bulbul' should not be confused with the species of the same name, ''
Hypsipetes leucocephalus'', with which it was formerly considered as
conspecific.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are currently recognized:
* ''H. m. madagascariensis'' -
( Statius Müller, 1776): Found on Madagascar and the
Comoro Islands
* ''H. m. grotei'' -
(Friedmann
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They may refer ...
, 1929): Found on the
Glorioso Islands
* ''H. m. rostratus'' -
( Ridgway, 1893): Found on
Aldabra
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atoll
Gallery
Image:Madagasy bulbul hypsipetes madagascariensis.jpg, ''Hypsipetes madagascariensis'' in the Anjajavy Forest
Image:Hypsipetes madagascariensis MHNT 228 Sambrano Madagascar.jpg, Egg of ''Hypsipetes madagascariensis '' MHNT
References
Malagasy bulbul
Birds of the Comoros
Birds of Madagascar
Birds of Mayotte
Birds of Seychelles
Malagasy bulbul
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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