Olive-winged bulbul explained

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.^[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

Until 2010, the ashy-fronted bulbul was also considered as a subspecies of the olive-winged bulbul.^[2]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.46754/jssm.2022.11.008 . 1823-8556.
2. Web site: Species Version 2 « IOC World Bird List. www.worldbirdnames.org. en-US. 2017-03-31.
3. Web site: Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List. www.worldbirdnames.org. en-US. 2017-03-30.