| Olive-winged bulbul | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Pycnonotus |
| Species: | P. plumosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth, 1845 | |
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The olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Diet
It eats fruit and insects.
Taxonomy and systematics
Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized:
- P. p. porphyreus - Oberholser, 1912: Found on western Sumatra and nearby islands
- P. p. plumosus - Blyth, 1845: Found on Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, Java, Bali and western and southern Borneo
- P. p. hutzi - Stresemann, 1938: Found on northern and eastern Borneo
- P. p. hachisukae - Deignan, 1952: Found on islands off northern Borneo and south-western Philippines
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Pycnonotus plumosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103834549A94346461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103834549A94346461.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- MOKHTER, NORMAISHARAH; AKHSAN, MUHAMMAD ARIFUDDIN; AMRAN, MUHAMMAD ASRAF; TZE, JIEN LEE; ZAINAL, MD-ZAIRI; ABDUL-LATIFF, MUHAMMAD ABU BAKAR; NORAZLIMI, NOR ATIQAH (2022-11-30). "Feeding Ecology of Birds in Selected Microhabitat in Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia". Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. 17 (11): 68–80. doi:10.46754/jssm.2022.11.008. ISSN 1823-8556.
- "Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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