---
title: "Groenvleugelbuulbuul"
description: "Ixos mcclellandii — Vogels. The mountain bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mountain-bulbul
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groenvleugelbuulbuul

> Ixos mcclellandii — Vogels. The mountain bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

- Scientific name: *Ixos mcclellandii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2256
- Wikidata: [Q2232768](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2232768)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144917](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144917)

## Names

- en: Mountain Bulbul
- de: Grünflügelbülbül
- es: Bulbul de McClelland
- fr: Bulbul de McClelland
- nl: Groenvleugelbuulbuul
- pt: Hypsipetes mcclellandii
- pl: Szczeciak rdzawogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

CN (936), HK (321), MY (281), TH (251), IN (113), VN (56), NP (41), BT (27), MM (12), KH (3)

## Summary

The mountain bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda bulbul. It is found in Southeast Asia and is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. It is named after British East India Company Surgeon John McClelland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bulbul

## Photo

![Groenvleugelbuulbuul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-bulbul/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313769367

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-bulbul?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).