White-headed bulbul

The white-headed bulbul (Hypsipetes thompsoni) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.^[1][2]

White-headed bulbul
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Hypsipetes
Species:	H. thompsoni
Binomial name
Hypsipetes thompsoni (Bingham, 1900)
Synonyms
Cerasophila thompsoni Bingham, 1900 Hypsipetes thompsoni Bingham, 1900

It is found in Myanmar and north-western Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.^[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

The white-headed bulbul was previously placed in the monotypic genus Cerasophila (literally meaning "cherry-lover").^[3] Following recently molecular phylogenetic studies, it is now placed in the genus Hypsipetes. Alternate names for the white-headed bulbul include Bingham's bulbul and brown-vented bulbul.^[2]