Pycnonotus
Pycnonotus is a paraphyletic genus of songbird in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae).
Pycnonotus | |
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Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Pycnonotus F. Boie, 1826 |
Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Pycnonotus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the Cape bulbul as the type species.[1] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".[2]
The genus contains the following 49 species:[3]
- Straw-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus)
- Striated bulbul (Pycnonotus striatus)
- Cream-striped bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogrammicus)
- Spot-necked bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus)
- Black-and-white bulbul (Pycnonotus melanoleucos)
- Grey-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus priocephalus)
- Black-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)
- Andaman bulbul (Pycnonotus fuscoflavescens)
- Black-capped bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus)
- Black-crested bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris)
- Ruby-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus dispar)
- Flame-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis)
- Bornean bulbul (Pycnonotus montis)
- Scaly-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus)
- Grey-bellied bulbul (Pycnonotus cyaniventris)
- Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous)
- Light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
- Styan's bulbul (Pycnonotus taivanus)
- Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
- White-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
- Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
- White-spectacled bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
- African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)
- Cape bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis)
- Common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Somali bulbul (Pycnonotus somaliensis)
- Dodson's bulbul (Pycnonotus dodsoni)
- Dark-capped bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor)
- Puff-backed bulbul (Pycnonotus eutilotus)
- Blue-wattled bulbul (Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii)
- Yellow-wattled bulbul (Pycnonotus urostictus)
- Orange-spotted bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
- Aceh bulbul (Pycnonotus snouckaerti)
- Stripe-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
- Yellow-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus xantholaemus)
- Yellow-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus)
- Flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens)
- Yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
- White-browed bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus)
- Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
- Ashy-fronted bulbul (Pycnonotus cinereifrons)
- Ayeyarwady bulbul (Pycnonotus blanfordi)
- Streak-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi)
- Cream-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)
- Asian red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)
- Spectacled bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos)
- Cream-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus pseudosimplex)
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Pycnonotus:
- Shelley's greenbul (as Pycnonotus masukuensis)[4]
- Kakamega greenbul (nominate) (as Pycnonotus kakamegae)[5]
- Cameroon greenbul (as Pycnonotus montanus)[6]
- Western greenbul (as Pycnonotus tephrolaemus)[7]
- Mountain greenbul (as Pycnonotus nigriceps)[8]
- Yellow-throated greenbul (as Pycnonotus chlorigula)[9]
- Stripe-cheeked greenbul (as Pycnonotus milanjensis)[10]
- Olive-headed greenbul (as Pycnonotus olivaceiceps)[11]
- Slender-billed greenbul (as Pycnonotus gracilirostri or Pycnonotus gracilirostris)[12]
- Little greenbul (as Pycnonotus virens)[13]
- Little grey greenbul (as Pycnonotus gracilis)[14]
- Ansorge's greenbul (as Pycnonotus ansorgei)[15]
- Plain greenbul (as Pycnonotus curvirostris)[16]
- Yellow-whiskered greenbul (as Pycnonotus latirostris)[17]
- Sombre greenbul (as Pycnonotus importunus)[18]
- Yellow-throated leaflove (as Haematornis flavicollis or Pycnonotus flavicollis)[19][20]
- Hairy-backed bulbul (as Brachypodius criniger)[21]
- Bare-faced bulbul (as Pycnonotus hualon)[22]
In 2010, eighteen species of greenbuls were reclassified, from either the genus Andropadus or — depending on the authority — from the genus Pycnonotus, as follows:
- twelve to the genus Arizelocichla;
- five to the genus Eurillas;
- one to the genus Stelgidillas.[23]
References
- Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Col 973.
- Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Bulbuls". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- "Arizelocichla masukuensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- "Arizelocichla kakamegae kakamegae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- "Arizelocichla montana - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- "Arizelocichla tephrolaema - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- "Arizelocichla nigriceps nigriceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- "Arizelocichla chlorigula - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- "Arizelocichla milanjensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- "Arizelocichla olivaceiceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- "Stelgidillas gracilirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- "Eurillas virens [incl. hallae] - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- "Eurillas gracilis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- "Eurillas ansorgei - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- "Eurillas curvirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- "Eurillas latirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- "Andropadus importunus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- "Atimastillas flavicollis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. III-IV, containing the ... family Timeliidœ (babbling-thrushes) by R.B. Sharpe. order of the Trustees. 1881-01-01.
- "Tricholestes criniger - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- Fuchs, Jérôme; Pasquet, Eric; Stuart, Bryan L.; Woxvold, Iain A.; Duckworth, J. W.; Bowie, Rauri C. K. (2018). "Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic Bare-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon with description of a new genus". Ibis. 160 (3): 659–665. doi:10.1111/ibi.12580. ISSN 1474-919X.
- "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
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