Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)

Other Names (World)
Ashy Bulbul, Brown-eared Bulbul(!)

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
20 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1845

Habitat
Primary and secondary lower and upper montan and kerangas forest. From 700 - 2,750 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Singapore.

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.

Habits
Noisy and conspicuous when feeding. Otherwise silent.

Food
Fruit and insects.

Voice
A short, nasal 'di-deet-deet'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (62)...)

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) [XC79717]
by Mike Nelson from Digboi Oilfields, Assam, India (song)

Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) [XC894882]
by Frank Lambert from Plum Lake, Puer, Yunnan, China (call, song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut Bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus), and often treated as conspecific. Isolated subspecies remotus is notably divergent, and may warrant elevation to species rank.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

flavala Blyth, 1845 - Eastern Himalayas from northern India (eastern from Uttar Pradesh, including southern Assam hills) east to south-eastern Tibet, north-western Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan), and north-eastern Bangladesh (Sylhet).
bourdellei Delacour, 1926 - Southern China (southern Yunnan), eastern Myanmar, north-eastern Thailand and northern and central Laos.
remotus (Deignan, 1957) - Southern Laos, southern Vietnam (southern Annam) and south-eastern Cambodia.
hildebrandi Hume, 1874 - Southern Myanmar and western Thailand.
davisoni Hume, 1877 - Southern Myanmar (northern Tenasserim) and south-western Thailand.
cinereus (Blyth, 1845) - Southern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, northern Borneo. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus).
connectens (Sharpe, 1887) - Northern Borneo. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Green-winged Bulbul (Hemixos connectens).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) - 10 files

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