Iole (bird)

Iole is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are native to tropical eastern Asia, from India to China and south through Southeast Asia to northern Indonesia.

Taxonomy and systematics

Some older sources merge this genus into Hypsipetes; however, molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that these two lineages are not each other's closest relative.

Extant species

The following seven species are currently recognized:

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Iole:

• Yellow-browed bulbul (as Iole indica)
• Yellow-browed bulbul (icterica) (as Iole icterica)
• Cinereous bulbul (as Iole cinerea)
• Mindoro bulbul (as Iole Mindorensis)
• Visayan bulbul (as Iole Guimarasensis)
• Zamboanga bulbul (as Iole rufigularis)
• Streak-breasted bulbul (as Iole siquijorensis)
• Romblon bulbul (as Iole cinereiceps)
• Cebu bulbul (as Iole monticola)

Footnotes

References

• Gregory, Steven M. (2000): Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae). Forktail 16: 164–166. PDF fulltext
• Moyle, Robert G. & Marks, Ben D. (2006): Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40(3): 687–695. <small></small> (HTML abstract)
• Pasquet, Éric; Han, Lian-Xian; Khobkhet, Obhas & Cibois, Alice (2001): Towards a molecular systematics of the genus Criniger, and a preliminary phylogeny of the bulbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 857–863. PDF fulltext