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Black bulbul
Sign in to saveAlso known as Asian black bulbul, Hypsipetes leucocephalus
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hypsipetes
- Image
- Black Bulbul (14569760693).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Commons category
- Hypsipetes leucocephalus
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- Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- taxon common name
- bulbul-preto
- litter size
- 2.8
- taxon author citation
- (Gmelin, 1789)
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), also known as the Himalayan black bulbul or Asian black bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found primarily in the Himalayas, its range stretching from Pakistan eastward to Southeast Asia. It is the type species of the genus Hypsipetes, established by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in the early 1830s. There are a number of subspecies, mostly varying in the shade of the body plumage which ranges from grey to black, and some also occur in white-headed morphs, as also suggested by its specific epithet leucocephalus, literally "white head". The legs and bill are always rich orange-red.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black bulbul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.