Olive Bulbul - BirdForum Opus

Photo by robby thai
Mae Maoi NP, Thailand, December 2017

Iole viridescens

Identification

19 cm (7½ in)

Yellowish-olive head sides
Paler ear-coverts

Distribution

Photo by James Eaton
Nagabwat, Myanmar, Burma, February 2011

South-east Asia: found in Myanmar, and Thailand.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Cachar Bulbul. Also the former subspecies myitkyinensis is now included in Grey-eyed Bulbul, lekhakuni and cinnamomeoventris were transferred here from that species.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

I. v. viridescens:

Southern Myanmar and southwestern Thailand

I. v. lekhakuni:

Southern Myanmar to western Thailand

I. v. cinnamomeoventris:

Thai-Malay Peninsula (Mergui District and Isthmus of Kra south at least to Songkhla)

Habitat

Moist broad-leaf evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and tall secondary growth.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of berries and occasionally insects too. Usually seen in pairs or small parties.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Dec 2017)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Olive Bulbul. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Olive_Bulbul

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