Biology:Rubigula

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Short description: Genus of birds

Rubigula
Black-Crested Bulbul.jpg
Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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, Nepal, Southeast Asia
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 melanictera Black-capped bulbul Sri Lanka
Pycnonotus dispar, captive, Miami Metrozoo, Florida, USA.jpg Rubigula dispar Ruby-throated bulbul Sumatra, Java, and Bali
0A2A5780 Bornean Bulbul.jpg 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]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40127351. 
  2. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 47. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136686. 
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 223. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480898. 
  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. 6.0 6.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/. 

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