Grey-eyed bulbul

Grey-eyed bulbul
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Iole
Species:	I. propinqua
Binomial name
	Iole propinqua; (Oustalet, 1903)
Synonyms
	Criniger propinquus; Hypsipetes propinquus;

The grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-eyed bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger and classified by some authorities within the genus Hypsipetes.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

I. p. aquilonis - (Deignan, 1948): Found in southern China and north-eastern Vietnam
I. p. propinqua - (Oustalet, 1903): Found from eastern Myanmar to southern China, northern Thailand and northern Indochina
I. p. simulator - (Deignan, 1948): Found in south-eastern Thailand and southern Indochina
I. p. innectens - (Deignan, 1948): Found in extreme southern Vietnam
I. p. myitkyinensis - (Deignan, 1948): Found in north-eastern and eastern Myanmar

References

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^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.

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