Rubigula

Rubigula
Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. The type species was designated as the ruby-throated bulbul by George Robert Gray in 1855. The name combines the Medieval Latin rubinus meaning "ruby" with Latin gula meaning "throat".

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. In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved from Pycnonotus to Rubigula.

Species

The genus contains the following eight species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Rubigula flaviventrisBlack-crested bulbulmontane South Asia to Malay peninsula
Rubigula gularisFlame-throated bulbulWestern Ghats
Rubigula melanicteraBlack-capped bulbulSri Lanka
Rubigula disparRuby-throated bulbulSumatra, Java, and Bali
Rubigula montisBornean bulbulBorneo montane rain forests
Rubigula squamataScaly-breasted bulbulmontane Malaysia
Rubigula cyaniventrisGrey-bellied bulbulMalaysia
Rubigula erythrophthalmosSpectacled bulbulMalaysia

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. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 223.
  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. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2021.