Straw-headed Bulbul
Straw-headed Bulbul
Here the details of the Straw-headed Bulbul named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: [Sturnus] zeylanicus Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.804
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code: sthbul1
Type Locality: Ceylon, error; type locality inferentially corrected to Java, by Robinson and Kloss, 1924, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 5, no. 3, p. 272.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
PYCNONOTUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Cape Bulbul P. capensis) Gr. πυκνος puknos thick, compact; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back; alluding to the thickly feathered back of the Cape Bulbul and many other bulbuls; "IX. Fam. Myiotheridae. ... Pycnonotus Kuhl: Turdus capensis Lin. Vaill. Afr. pl. 105 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pycnonotus "Kuhl" Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 19, p. 973. Type, by monotypy, Turdus capensis Linnaeus." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 223).
Var. Pychnonotus, Picnonotus, Picncnotus.
Synon. Alcurus, Bonapartia, Bostrycholophus, Brachypus, Centrolophus, Crocopsis, Elathea, Gymnocrotaphus, Haematornis, Hemitarsus, Ixodia, Kelaartia, Loidorusa, Malayornis, Meropixus, Mesolophus, Molpastes, Nok, Oreoctistes, Otocompsa, Pachycephalixus, Phacelias, Rubigula, Sphagias, Squamatornis, Stictognathus, Trachycomus, Xanthixus.
zeylanica / zeylanicus / zeylonense / zeylonensis / zeylonica / zeylonicum / zeylonicus / zeylonus
Ceylon / Ceylan / Zeylan / Zeylon / Sri Lanka.
● ex “Ceylon Black-cap” of Brown 1776, and “Ceylon Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aegithina tiphia multicolor).
● ex Perdix bicalcarata Forster, 1781, and “Ceylon Partridge” of Latham 1783 (syn. Galloperdix bicalcarata).
● ex “Great Ceylonese Horned Owl” of Brown 1776, and “Ceylonese Eared Owl” of Latham 1781 (Ketupa).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon (= Salwati I., New Guinea) (syn. Probosciger aterrimus).
● ex "Yellow-cheeked Barbet" of Latham 1782 (Psilopogon).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon (= Java); ex "Ceylonese Stare" of Latham 1783 (Pycnonotus).
● Erroneous TL. Ceylon and Cape of Good Hope (= Cape of Good Hope); ex “Green Pye of the isle of Ceylon” of Edwards 1743-1751, and “Merula torquata capitis bonae spei” of Brisson 1760 (Telophorus).
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)