Hook-billed bulbul | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Setornis Lesson, 1839 |
Species: | S. criniger |
Binomial name | |
Setornis criniger Lesson, 1839 | |
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Thehook-billed bulbul (Setornis criniger) is a species ofsongbird in thebulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in easternSumatra andBorneo, where its naturalhabitats aresubtropical or tropical moist lowland forest andsubtropical ortropicalswamps. It is threatened byhabitat loss.[1] Alternate names for the hook-billed bulbul include thelong hook-billed bulbul andlong-billed bulbul.
While currentlymonotypic within the genusSetornis,[2] originally the genus contained thehairy-backed bulbul (nowTricholestes criniger viridis).[3]
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