The olive-winged bulbul (''Pycnonotus plumosus'') 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 found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

Until 2010, 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 ...

was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul.

Subspecies

Four

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are recognized: * ''P. p. porphyreus'' - Oberholser, 1912: Found on western

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and nearby islands * ''P. p. plumosus'' - Blyth, 1845: Found on

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, eastern Sumatra, Java,

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and western and southern Borneo * ''P. p. hutzi'' -

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, 1938: Found on northern and eastern Borneo * ''P. p. hachisukae'' - Deignan, 1952: Found on islands off northern Borneo and south-western Philippines

References

olive-winged bulbul The olive-winged bulbul (''Pycnonotus plumosus'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxon ...

Birds of Malesia

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