| Rubigula | |
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| Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Rubigula Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus dispar (ruby-throated bulbul) Horsfield, 1821
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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 1855.23 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 eight species:6
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Rubigula flaviventris | Black-crested bulbul | montane South Asia to Malay peninsula |
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Rubigula gularis | Flame-throated bulbul | Western Ghats |
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Rubigula melanictera | Black-capped bulbul | Sri Lanka |
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Rubigula dispar | Ruby-throated bulbul | Sumatra, Java, and Bali |
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Rubigula montis | Bornean bulbul | Borneo montane rain forests |
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Rubigula squamata | Scaly-breasted bulbul | montane Malesia |
| - | Rubigula cyaniventris | Grey-bellied bulbul | Malesia |
| - | Rubigula erythrophthalmos | Spectacled bulbul | Malesia |
References
References
- 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].
- Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 47.
- 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.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- 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.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2021.