Microscelis Explained

Microscelis is a former genus of bulbuls described by George Robert Gray in 1840.

The following species were classified within the genus Microscelis but are now assigned to Iole, Hemixos or Hypsipetes:

• Olive bulbul (as Microscelis viridescens)^[1]
• Buff-vented bulbul (as Microscelis charlottae)^[2]
• Ashy bulbul (as Microscelis flavala)^{[3] [4]}
• Brown-eared bulbul (as Microscelis amaurotis)^[5]
• Black bulbul (as Microscelis leucocephalus)^{[6] [7]}
• Black bulbul (psaroides) (as Microscelis psaroides)^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Microscelis viridescens. Admin. Avis. 11 September 2014. AVIS-IBIS. en. 5 June 2017.
2. Web site: Iole charlottae – Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 5 June 2017.
3. Book: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. Smithsonian Institution. 1882. [Washington : Biological Society of Washington]. Smithsonian Libraries.
4. Web site: Hemixos flavala remotus – Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 23 October 2017.
5. Web site: Hypsipetes amaurotis – Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 5 June 2017.
6. Book: Mayr, Ernst. Systematics and the Origin of Species, from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist. 1942. Harvard University Press. 9780674862500. en.
7. Web site: Hypsipetes leucocephalus ambiens - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 1 November 2017.
8. Ali. Salim. 1949. The Satpura Trend as an Ornithogeographical Highway. PINSA. 15 . 8. 386.
9. Book: The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Baker. Edward Charles Stuart. Oates. Eugene William. Blanford. William Thomas. 1922. London, Taylor & Francis. American Museum of Natural History Library.