Grey-cheeked Bulbul
Alophoixus tephrogenys(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)
English (US) Gray-cheeked Bulbul
UK name: Grey-cheeked Bulbul
The Grey-cheeked Bulbul (Alophoixus tephrogenys) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Alophoixus tephrogenys
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Gray-cheeked Bulbul
- English (UK)
- Grey-cheeked Bulbul
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Alophoixus tephrogenys tephrogenys
- Alophoixus tephrogenys gutturalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trichophorus tephrogenys
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)
- Type locality
- though we are uncertain of its locality, we suspect it to be Indian' ; type locality corrected to Malacca, by Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 558.
- Original description
- Illustrations of ornithology 2, Addenda, sign. D 2 pl.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Pycnonotus capensis
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Pycnonotus barbatus
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Setornis criniger
Yellow-bellied Bulbul
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Palawan Bulbul
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Penan Bulbul
Alophoixus ruficrissus
Brown-cheeked Bulbul
Alophoixus bres
White-throated Bulbul
Alophoixus flaveolus
Ochraceous Bulbul
Alophoixus ochraceus
Puff-throated Bulbul
Alophoixus pallidus
Striated Bulbul
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