Cream-eyed bulbul

Cream-eyed bulbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Pycnonotus
Species:	P. pseudosimplex
Binomial name
Pycnonotus pseudosimplex Shakya et al., 2019

The cream-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.^[2]

It was formerly considered a white-eyed color morph of the red-eyed Bornean population of the cream-vented bulbul (P. simplex), especially as actual white-eyed morphs of P. simplex exist outside of Borneo. However, genetic analysis indicates that the Bornean white-eyed population is genetically distinct from P. simplex and most closely related the ashy-fronted bulbul (P. cinereifrons) of Palawan in the Philippines, whereas the Bornean red-eyed population is most closely related to white-eyed P. simplex from mainland Southeast Asia, though it could still warrant recognition as a separate subspecies or even species. Unlike the Bornean cream-vented bulbul, the cream-eyed bulbul is also much more habitat-restricted, occurring mostly in old-growth hill forests.^[2][3][4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2019). "Pycnonotus pseudosimplex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155219571A155220740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155219571A155220740.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Sheldon, Frederick H.; Lakim, Maklarin; Rahman, Mustafa Abdul; Moyle, Robert G.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Shakya, Subir B. (2019). "A cryptic new species of bulbul from Borneo". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 139 (1): 46–55. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3. ISSN 0007-1595.
3. "The White-Eyed Birds of Borneo - A Cryptic New Species". Genomics Research from Technology Networks. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
4. "Cream-Eyed Bulbul: New Species of Bird Discovered | Biology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.