Streak-breasted bulbul

The streak-breasted bulbul (Hypsipetes siquijorensis), is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Streak-breasted bulbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Hypsipetes
Species:
H. siquijorensis
Binomial name
Hypsipetes siquijorensis
(Steere, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Iole siquijorensis
  • Ixos siquijorensis (Steere, 1890)

It is endemic to the Philippines, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

The streak-breasted bulbul was originally described in the genus Iole and later placed in the genus Ixos before being re-classified to the genus Hypsipetes in 2010.[3] Alternate names for the streak-breasted bulbul include the mottle-breasted bulbul and slaty-crowned bulbul.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are currently recognized:[4]

  • Romblon bulbul (H. s. cinereiceps) - (Bourns & Worcester, 1894): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Iole. Found on Tablas and Romblon
  • Cebu bulbul (H. s. monticola) - (Bourns & Worcester, 1894): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Iole. Alternatively named the Cebu slaty-crowned bulbul. Found on Cebu
  • Siquijor bulbul (H. s. siquijorensis) - (Steere, 1890): Found on Siquijor

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes siquijorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. BLI (2008)
  3. "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bulbuls". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  • Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164–166. PDF fulltext
  • Moyle, Robert G. & Marks, Ben D. (2006): Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40(3): 687–695. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015 (HTML abstract)
  • Pasquet, Éric; Han, Lian-Xian; Khobkhet, Obhas & Cibois, Alice (2001): Towards a molecular systematics of the genus Criniger, and a preliminary phylogeny of the bulbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 857–863. PDF fulltext


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