Moheli bulbul
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| Moheli bulbul | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes |
| Species: | H. moheliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypsipetes moheliensis (Benson, 1960)
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The Moheli bulbul (Hypsipetes moheliensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mohéli. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Until 2011, it was classified as a subspecies of the Grand Comoro bulbul.[2] It is also considered a sister species to the Seychelles bulbul.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes moheliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103823979A104139117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823979A104139117.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
References
[edit]- Benson, C.W. 1960. The birds of the Comoro Islands: results of the British Ornithologists' Union centenary expedition. Ibis 103b: 5-106
- Warren, B.H., E. Bermingham, R.P. Prŷs-Jones, and C. Thebaud. 2005. Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 271–287
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