Brown-cheeked bulbul
| Brown-cheeked bulbul | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Alophoixus |
| Species: | A. bres
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| Binomial name | |
| Alophoixus bres (Lesson, 1831)
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The brown-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus bres) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on Java and Bali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Diet
It eats insects: caterpillars, butterflies, moths, beetle larvae, cicadas, crickets, grasshoppers, and tephritid fruit flies.[2] It also eats fruit: mangir, lempeni, and senggani.[2]
Breeding
They make cup-shaped nests out of plant fragments, and camouflage them with moss and lichen.[2] They nest in majegau, melinjo, cacao, and mahogany trees.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The brown-cheeked bulbul was originally described in the genus Lanius and later classified in Criniger until moved to the genus Alophoixus in 2009.[3] Alternate names for the brown-cheeked bulbul include the grey-cheeked bulbul, olive white-headed bulbul and scrub bulbul.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Alophoixus bres". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T103821243A182418500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T103821243A182418500.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nurrofik, Agus; Arifianto, Adityas; Aninnas, Afina; Suparno, Kelik; Kurnianto, Agung S.; Septiadi, Luhur; Kurniawan, Nia (2023-07-06). "Preliminary Observation on Nesting Ecology of Endangered Brown-Cheeked Bulbul (Alophoixus Bres) in Jatimulyo Agroforestry". Treubia. 50 (1): 39–44. doi:10.14203/treubia.v50i1.4560. ISSN 2337-876X.
- ↑ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
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