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White-headed Bulbul

Hypsipetes thompsoni(Bingham, CT, 1900)

English (US) White-headed Bulbul

The White-headed Bulbul (Hypsipetes thompsoni) 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.

Range: montane forest of southern Myanmar to northwestern ThailandRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Hypsipetes thompsoni
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
White-headed Bulbul
Described by
(Bingham, CT, 1900)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Cerasophila Thompsoni
Described by
(Bingham, CT, 1900)
Type locality
Loi San Pa = Taung Palaung [lat. 21° 46' N., long. 96° 55' E.], Southern Shan States.
Original description
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.7, vol.5, no.28 p.358

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 161 species of the family Pycnonotidae