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Ixodia

  • Ixodia

    The genus Ixodia is a small genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

    1/ Spectacled bulbul, also known as the lesser brown bulbul (Bông lau nâu nhỏ, Ixodia erythropthalmos)

    The family name Pycnonotidae is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
    Ixodia: From Greek, ixodes, sticky, like bird-lime.

  • Spectacled Bulbul

    Spectacled bulbul
    also known as the lesser brown bulbul (Bông lau nâu nhỏ, Ixodia erythropthalmos)


    The spectacled bulbul (Ixodia erythropthalmos), also known as the lesser brown bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
    The bird is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo and Vietnam. 

    The family name Pycnonotidae is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
    Ixodia: From Greek, ixodes, sticky, like bird-lime.
    erythropthalma, erythropthalmos, erythrop-thalmus Greek eruthros red; ophthalmos eye.

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