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Obi golden bulbul

species of birds

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ83011774 ↗
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The Obi golden bulbul (Hypsipetes lucasi) is a species of passerine bird in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. It is found in Obi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Obi golden bulbul was formerly considered as conspecific with five other bulbuls, all called the northern golden bulbul before they were all split. This bulbul is now both placed with 24 other species in the genus Hypsipetes that was introduced in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors.

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This entry incorporates text from “Obi golden bulbul” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.