The Penan bulbul (''Alophoixus ruficrissus'') is a species 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 500 ...

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

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. It is usually found in the mid-storey of broad-leaved evergreen and rainforests up to 1500 metres elevation.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized: * ''A. r. fowleri'' - ( Amadon & Harrisson, 1957): Found in montane areas of Borneo, except

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* ''A. r. meratusensis'' - Shakya et al., 2020: Found in mountains of south-eastern Borneo (Kalimantan) * ''A. r. ruficrissus'' - ( Sharpe, 1879): Found in mountains of north-eastern Borneo (Sabah)

References

Penan bulbul The Penan bulbul (''Alophoixus ruficrissus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found Borneo. It is usually found in the mid-storey of broad-leaved evergreen and rainforests up to 1500 metres elevation. Subspec ...

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