Moheli bulbul

Moheli bulbul
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Hypsipetes
Species:	H. moheliensis
Binomial name
Hypsipetes moheliensis (Benson, 1960)
Synonyms
Hypsipetes crassirostris moheliensis Hypsipetes parvirostris moheliensis

The Moheli bulbul (Hypsipetes moheliensis) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mohéli. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Until 2011, it was classified as a subspecies of the Grand Comoro bulbul.[2] It is also considered a sister species to the Seychelles bulbul.

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hypsipetes moheliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103823979A104139117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823979A104139117.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

References

• Benson, C.W. 1960. The birds of the Comoro Islands: results of the British Ornithologists' Union centenary expedition. Ibis 103b: 5-106
• Warren, B.H., E. Bermingham, R.P. Prŷs-Jones, and C. Thebaud. 2005. Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 271–287