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| Rodrigues bulbul | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes |
| Species: | H. cowlesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsipetes cowlesi Hume, 2015 | |
The Rodrigues bulbul (Hypsipetes cowlesi) is an extinct bird which was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, the easternmost of the Mascarene Islands group of the western Indian Ocean.[1] It is known only from subfossil remains collected in 1974.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hume, Julian P (2015). "A new subfossil bulbul (Aves: Passerines: Pycnonotidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, south-western Indian Ocean". Ostrich. 86 (3): 247–260. doi:10.2989/00306525.2015.1067651. S2CID 83835055.
- ^ Warren, Ben H.; Bermingham, Eldredge; Prys-Jones, Robert P.; Thebaud, Christophe. (2005). "Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00492.x.
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