Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
About the Ashy Bulbul
The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Formerly, some authorities classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis. Five subspecies are currently recognized: H. f. flavala - Blyth, 1845: Found in the eastern Himalayas, north-eastern Bangladesh, north-western Myanmar and southern China H. f. hildebrandi - Hume, 1874: Found in eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand H. f. davisoni - Hume, 1877: Found in south-eastern Myanmar and south-western Thailand H. f. bourdellei - Delacour, 1926: Found in southern China, eastern Thailand, northern and central Laos
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 64 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, India, Nepal, Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatriarecording
- Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeusrecording
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisrecording
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceusrecording
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalusrecording
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.