page_title: Ashy bulbul
section_title: Taxonomy and systematics
hierarchical_section_title: Ashy bulbul / Taxonomy and systematics
caption_attribution_description: English: Ashy Bulbul from bird photography tour to Eaglenest wildlife sanctuary
context_page_description: The ashy bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
context_section_description: Formerly, some authorities classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.
caption: H. f. flavala from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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