The spectacled bulbul (''Ixodia erythropthalmos''), also known as the lesser brown bulbul, is a member of the
bulbul
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical As ...
family of
passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
s.
It is found on the
Malay Peninsula
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,
Sumatra
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, and
Borneo
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. The spectacled bulbul was originally described in the genus ''
Ixos
''Ixos'' is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family (biology), family, Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus ''Ixos'' was introduced in 1825 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck to accommodate the Javan bulbul. The ...
''.
References
Ixodia (bird)
Birds of Brunei
Birds of Malesia
Birds described in 1878
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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