Rubigula

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Rubigula
Black-Crested Bulbul.jpg
Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Rubigula
Blyth, 1845
Type species
Turdus dispar
(ruby-throated bulbul)
Horsfield, 1821

Rubigula is a genus of Asian passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Taxonomy[]

The genus Rubigula was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.[1] The type species was designated as the ruby-throated bulbul by George Robert Gray in 1855.[2][3] The name combines the Medieval Latin rubinus meaning "ruby" with Latin gula meaning "throat".[4]

This genus was formerly synonymized with the genus Pycnonotus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbul family published in 2017 found that Pycnonotus was polyphyletic.[5] In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved from Pycnonotus to Rubigula.[6]

Species[]

It has five species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pycnonotus flaviventris - Khao Yai.jpg Rubigula flaviventris Black-crested bulbul India
Flame-throated Bulbul, Kodagu, Karnataka (cropped).jpg Rubigula gularis Flame-throated bulbul Western Ghats from southern Maharashtra and Goa southwards
Black-capped bulbul, (Pycnonotus melanicterus).jpg Rubigula melanicterus Black-capped bulbul Sri Lanka
Pycnonotus dispar, captive, Miami Metrozoo, Florida, USA.jpg Rubigula dispar Ruby-throated bulbul Sumatra, Java, and Bali
Rubigula montis Bornean bulbul Borneo

References[]

  1. ^ Blyth, Edward (1845). "Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued)". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 14, Part 2 (164): 546–602 [576].
  2. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 47.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 223. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H. (2017). "The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach". Ibis. 159 (3): 498–509. doi:10.1111/ibi.12464.
  6. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2021.


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