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.

Iole is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "violet flower."

1/ The grey-eyed bulbul (Cành cạch nhỏ, Iole propinqua)
 is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
 The grey-eyed bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger and classified by some authorities within the genus Hypsipetes.