Reunion Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus)

Other Names (World)
Reunion Bulbul, Olivaceous Bulbul, Reunion Black Bulbul, Reunion Merle

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(J. R. Forster, 1781)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 300 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Reunion.

R�union.

Population
Estimated population is 41,000 (2011).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)...)

(Hypsipetes borbonicus) [XC26318]
by Johannes Fischer from Roche Ecrite trail, Reunion NP, France (song)

Reunion Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus) [XC26222]
by Cedric Mroczko from Roche Ecrite trail, Reunion NP, France (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Hypsipetes borbonicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Reunion Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus) and Mauritius Bulbul (Hypsipetes olivaceus) following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with all other members of genus, and in the past all have been treated as conspecific. Was often thought to be conspecific with Mauritius Bulbul (Hypsipetes olivaceus), but differs in behaviour, voice and eye colour. Treatment as a separate species supported by recent molecular studies.

References
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