Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)

Other Names (World)
Crested Finchbill, Finch-billed Bulbul, Crested Finch-billed Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
21.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1845

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 1,200 - 4,000 m, occasionally down to 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) [XC426917]
by Peter Boesman from Shilong - Cherrapunjee rd, Meghalaya, India (call)

Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) [XC208861]
by Joli Borah from Mount Victoria, Myanmar (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques). Subspecies ingrami only doubtfully distinct, as differences seem to fall entirely within range of variation of nominate.

Proposed subspecies nobilis (Assam, in north-eastern India) and laotianus (Laos) considered too poorly differentiated to warrant recognition, and thus merged in, respectively, nominate and ingrami.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

canifrons Blyth, 1845 - North-eastern India (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, possibly also north-eastern Arunachal Pradesh) and western Myanmar.
ingrami Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 - Eastern Myanmar, southern China (south-western Sichuan, north, western and southern Yunnan), north-western Thailand, northern Laos and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin).

References
See References.

Files:

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