Cream-eyed bulbul
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Pycnonotus pseudosimplex

The cream-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex ) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.

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It was formerly considered a white-eyed color morph of the red-eyed Bornean population of the cream-vented bulbul (P. simplex ), especially as actual white-eyed morphs of P. simplex exist outside of Borneo. However, genetic analysis indicates that the Bornean white-eyed population is genetically distinct from P. simplex and most closely related the ashy-fronted bulbul (P. cinereifrons ) of Palawan in the Philippines, whereas the Bornean red-eyed population is most closely related to white-eyed P. simplex from mainland Southeast Asia, though it could still warrant recognition as a separate subspecies or even species. Unlike the Bornean cream-vented bulbul, the cream-eyed bulbul is also much more habitat-restricted, occurring mostly only in high-altitude old-growth forests.

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References

1. Cream-eyed bulbul Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream-eyed_bulbul
2. Cream-eyed bulbul on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155219571/155220740

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