Ixos
Sign in to saveIxos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Brown-eared Bulbul
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPycnonotidae
Observations18,326
Groupaves
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- Taxonomy and systematics
- Extant species
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Ixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The genus Ixos was introduced in 1825 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck to accommodate the Javan bulbul. The genus name is the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe".