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Obi Golden Bulbul
Hypsipetes lucasi (Hartert, EJO, 1903)
Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
Obi Golden Bulbul, Hypsipetes lucasi, is a bulbul of the Pycnonotidae family that breeds on Obi in the north-central Moluccas of Australasia. It is associated with moist lowland forest in the tropics or subtropics. The bird was described by Hartert in 1903. It was once treated as part of a wider group of bulbuls known as the northern golden bulbul, before that grouping was divided. It is now placed in the genus Hypsipetes, alongside 24 other species.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Obi (nc Moluccas)
