Rodrigues bulbul
Extinct species of bird
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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]
| Rodrigues bulbul | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes |
| Species: | †H. cowlesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hypsipetes cowlesi Hume, 2015 | |
