Alophoixus

Alophoixus is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae found in south-eastern Asia.^[2]

Alophoixus
White-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Alophoixus Oates, 1889
Type species
Ixos phaeocephalus[1] Hartlaub, 1844
Species
see text

Taxonomy and systematics

Hypsipetes Acritillas Hemixos Ixos Alcurus Iole Alophoixus Tricholestes

Evolutionary relationships based on Fuchs et al., 2018.[3]

Extant species

Up to 2009, all the extant species of the genus Alophoixus were classified within the genus Criniger. Currently, there are eight species recognized:^[4]

• Yellow-bellied bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus)
• Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater)
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus tephrogenys)
• Penan bulbul (Alophoixus ruficrissus)
• Brown-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus bres)
• White-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
• Ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus)
• Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alophoixus:

• Seram golden bulbul (as Alophoixus affinis)^[5]
• Northern golden bulbul (as Alophoixus longirostris)^[6]
• Sangihe golden bulbul (as Alophoixus platenae)^[7]
• Togian golden bulbul (as Alophoixus aureus)^[8]
• Halmahera golden bulbul (as Alophoixus chloris)^[9]
• Obi golden bulbul (as Alophoixus lucasi)^[10]
• Buru golden bulbul (as Alophoixus mystacalis)^[11]
• Finsch's bulbul (Alophoixus finschii, now Iole finschii)^[4]