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Ashy bulbul 
(Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;
- gray (grey) upper neck, nape and mantle;
- Olive wing;

Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

flava Latin flāvus: yellow, yellow colour.
ala wing.

Chestnut bulbul 
or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung
Formerly considered a subspecies of the Ashy bulbul.

The chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
The bird is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. 

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;
- Chestnut upper neck, nape and mantle;

Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

Hemixos Gr. hemi- half-; genus Ixos bulbul;
castanotus: Greek kastanon chestnut; 
-notos -backed.

Hemixos is a songbird genus in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;

1/ Ashy bulbul (Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
 found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. 
 habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
 Formerly, classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.

2/ Chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung