Crested Finchbill

Spizixos canifrons Blyth, 1845

Crested Finchbill, Spizixos canifrons, is a bulbul of the Oriental Region, breeding in north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand. It was described by Blyth in 1845. Its range in south-eastern Asia extends across the wider region from China and India into Indochina. Two subspecies are recognised, with one in north-eastern India and western Myanmar, and the other in eastern Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina. It belongs to the family Pycnonotidae within the order Passeriformes.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls

Breeding range

Oriental Region: ne India, Myanmar, n Thailand