Sula golden bulbul
Species of songbird
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The Sula golden bulbul (Hypsipetes longirostris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Sula Islands (east of Sulawesi) in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Sula golden bulbul | |
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| Golden bulbul | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes |
| Species: | H. longirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsipetes longirostris (Wallace, 1863) | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The Sula golden bulbul was originally classified in the genus Criniger, and has also been classified in the genus Alophoixus. The Sula golden bulbul was formerly considered as conspecific with five other bulbuls, all called the northern golden bulbul before they were all split.[2][3]
