Depending on whether it is or isn't a particularly close relative of the type species of the genus Ixos, the Sunda Bulbul or Green-winged Bulbul (Ixos virescens), it might belong in a new genus.
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Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 40(3): 687-695.
Grey-bellied Bulbul | Black-headed Bulbul | Streaked Fantail | Bulbul | bulbul | Buff-streaked Chat | Yellow-throated Bulbul | Sunda Bulbul | Streaked Bulbul | Straw-headed Bulbul | Nicobar Bulbul | Light-vented Bulbul | Flavescent Bulbul | Bulbul (singer) |
mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunits 2 and 3 and nDNA β-fibrinogen intron 7 sequence data puts it closer to (but still well distant from) the Streaked Bulbul (Ixos malaccensis).