Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Pycnonotidae > Hypsipetes > Hypsipetes olivaceusHypsipetes olivaceus (Mauritius Bulbul)Synonyms: Hypsipetes borbonicus olivaceus The Mauritius bulbul (Hypsipetes olivaceus), also known as Mauritius black bulbul, is a songbird endemic to Mauritius. It was formerly included in H. borbonicus as subspecies olivaceus. This songbird species belongs to the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). It is the type species of the obsolete genus Ixocincla, which united various more or less closely related bulbuls from the entire Indian Ocean region. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.48859 EDGE Score: 2.88783 |
Adult Weight [1] | 74 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Herbivore | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 20 % | Diet - Fruit [2] | 30 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 10 % | Diet - Plants [2] | 10 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 40 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 20 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [1] | 3 | Incubation [1] | 15 days |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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