Hook-billed bulbul

The hook-billed bulbul (Setornis criniger) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern Sumatra and Borneo, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1] Alternate names for the hook-billed bulbul include the long hook-billed bulbul and long-billed bulbul.

Hook-billed bulbul
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Setornis Lesson, 1839
Species:	S. criniger
Binomial name
Setornis criniger Lesson, 1839
Synonyms
(Genus) Trichophoropsis

While currently monotypic within the genus Setornis,^[2] originally the genus contained the hairy-backed bulbul (now Tricholestes criniger viridis).^[3]