Straw-headed bulbul
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides
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| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Pycnonotus |
| Species: | P. zeylanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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The straw-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) is a species of
habitat loss and poaching
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The straw-headed bulbul is prized for its singing ability and is a highly sought-after species by bird enthusiasts in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. This trade is causing population reductions across the species' range and is a major barrier to its conservation.critically endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2018.[4]
Taxonomy and systematics
The straw-headed bulbul was
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[10]
Alternate names for the straw-headed bulbul include the straw-crowned bulbul and the yellow-crowned bulbul.[11]
References
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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- ^ BirdLife International. "Red List: Northern Bald Ibis, Pink Pigeon making a comeback". BirdLife. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 804.
- ^ Latham, John (1783). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 2, Part 1. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 11.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 226.
- ^ Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C. Boden (1924). "The birds of south-west and peninsula Siam". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. 5 (3): 1-397 [272].
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6.
External links
Media related to Pycnonotus zeylanicus at Wikimedia Commons
