Yellow-wattled 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: | Poliolophus Sharpe, 1877 |
| Species: | P. urostictus
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| Poliolophus urostictus (Salvadori, 1870)
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The yellow-wattled bulbul (Poliolophus urostictus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds.[1][2] It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-wattled bulbul was described by Tommaso Salvadori in 1870. In common with the blue-wattled bulbul, it is alternately referred to as simply the wattled bulbul.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. u. ilokensis - Rand & Rabor, 1967: Found on northern Luzon
- P. u. urostictus - (Salvadori, 1870): Found on central and southern Luzon, Catanduanes and Polillo Island
- P. u. atricaudatus - Negros and Panaon Island
- P. u. philippensis - (Zamboanga Peninsula)
- P. u. basilanicus - (Steere, 1890): Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Zamboanga Peninsula (western Mindanao) and Basilan
References
- ^ . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ IOC World Bird List. Version 10.2. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 3 August 2020.