Tuesday, July 24, 2012

>Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii (Blue-wattled Bulbul)

Blue-wattled Bulbul

 


Blue-wattled Bulbul
Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Pycnonotus
Species:P. nieuwenhuisii
Binomial name
Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii
(Finsch, 1901)
The Blue-wattled Bulbul (Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii) is a disputed songbird species in the family Pycnonotidae. The specific epithet commemorates Dutch explorer Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis.
It is found in Brunei and Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The status of this rarely seen bird is not known, primarily because it is not clear whether it is in fact a distinct species, or a natural hybrid between the Black-headed Bulbul (P. atriceps) and the Grey-bellied Bulbul (P. cyaniventris) or other Pycnonotus.

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