White-headed bulbul

White-headed bulbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Hypsipetes
Vigors, 1831
Species: H. thompsoni
Binomial name
Hypsipetes thompsoni
(Bingham, 1900)
Synonyms

Cerasophila thompsoni Bingham, 1900

The white-headed bulbul (Hypsipetes thompsoni) is a songbird species in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). It is the sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Cerasophila (literally meaning "cherry-lover").[2]

It is found in Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[3]

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