Chestnut Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Pycnonotidae 鹎科 (Bulbuls)
Genus - Hemixos 短脚鹎属

Chestnut Bulbul

Hemixos castanonotus

栗背短脚鹎

    Size : 21.5 cm 

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Hemixos castanonotus canipennis (Seebohm, 1890)
  – S China (S Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian). Recorded in NE Vietnam (NE Tonkin).
• Hemixos castanonotus castanonotus (Swinhoe, 1870)
  – N Vietnam (E Tonkin) and S China (Hainan). Hybridizes with canipennis in
  S Guangxi.

Date : 22 March 2014
大埔滘自然护理区, 大埔区, 新界, 香港
Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong