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Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hemixos

Ashy Bulbul

Hemixos flavala · 灰短脚鹎

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Distribution & Habitat

Found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Five subspecies are recognized: H. f. flavala in the eastern Himalayas, north-eastern Bangladesh, north-western Myanmar and southern China; H. f. hildebrandi in eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand; H. f. davisoni in south-eastern Myanmar and south-western Thailand; H. f. bourdellei in southern China, eastern Thailand, northern and central Laos; and H. f. remotus in southern Indochina.

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Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
Genus
Hemixos

Subspecies (5)

  • Hemixos flavala bourdellei

    southwestern China (southern Yunnan) to eastern Thailand and northern Laos

Data Sources

Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.