The Rodrigues bulbul (''Hypsipetes cowlesi'') is an extinct bird which was endemic to the island of

Rodrigues Rodrigues ( ; Mauritian Creole, Creole: ) is a Autonomous administrative division, autonomous Outer islands of Mauritius, outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Isl ...

, the easternmost of the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Their na ...

group of the western Indian Ocean. It is known only from subfossil remains collected in 1974.

References

Hypsipetes Extinct birds of Indian Ocean islands Fauna of Rodrigues

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Birds described in 2015 {{Pycnonotidae-stub