Rubigula | |
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Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
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.
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]
It has five species: [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rubigula flaviventris | Black-crested bulbul | India, Nepal, Southeast Asia | |
Rubigula gularis | Flame-throated bulbul | Western Ghats from southern Maharashtra and Goa southwards | |
Rubigula melanictera | Black-capped bulbul | Sri Lanka | |
Rubigula dispar | Ruby-throated bulbul | Sumatra, Java, and Bali | |
Rubigula montis | Bornean bulbul | Borneo |
Rubigula | |
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Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
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.
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]
It has five species: [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rubigula flaviventris | Black-crested bulbul | India, Nepal, Southeast Asia | |
Rubigula gularis | Flame-throated bulbul | Western Ghats from southern Maharashtra and Goa southwards | |
Rubigula melanictera | Black-capped bulbul | Sri Lanka | |
Rubigula dispar | Ruby-throated bulbul | Sumatra, Java, and Bali | |
Rubigula montis | Bornean bulbul | Borneo |