Andaman Bulbul
Andaman Bulbul
Here the details of the Andaman Bulbul named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Brachypodius fuscoflavescens Stray Feathers Vol. 1, N° 2, 3 & 4, A new Genus of the Malurinæ - Blanfordius p. 297-298
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Brachypodius
Taxonomy Code: andbul1
Type Locality: Port Mouat and Mount Harriet, South Andaman, Andaman Islands.
Author: Hume
Publish Year: 1873
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BRACHYPODIUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Black-headed Bulbul B. atriceps) Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; ποδιον podion little foot < dim. πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "the species has a good deal the character of an Alcippe ... excepting in its very small tarsi and toes" (Blyth 1845); "there remains that of Lanius melanocephalus, Gm., and its congeners, for which I can find no appellation, and shall therefore designate Brachypodius. ... Brachypodius, nobis. 1. Br. entilotus [sic], (Jardine and Selby), Ill. Orn., 2nd series. (Non vidi.) Hab. Malacca. 2. Br. poiocephalus, (Jerdon). Southern India. 3. Br. melanocephalus, (Gmelin): Turdoides atriceps, Temminck. Malay countries, extending northwards to Arracan and Tipperah. 4. Br. cinereoventris, Nobis. ... Inhabits Tipperah. 5. Br. tristis, nobis. ... inhabits Penang. ... 6? Br.? criniger, A. Hay. ... Inhabits Malacca." (Blyth 1845); "Brachypodius Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 576. Type, by original designation, Lanius melanocephalos Gmelin [1788, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, p. 309 ( not Lanius melanocephalos Gmelin 1788, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, p. 301) = Turdus atriceps Temminck 1822]." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 227).
Synon. Brachypus, Micropus, Prosecusa.
fuscoflavescens
L. fuscus brown, dusky; flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden-yellow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)