White-eared Bulbul
White-eared Bulbul
Here the details of the White-eared Bulbul named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ixos leucotis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt4 no.37 p.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code: whebul1
Type Locality: East India; type locality restricted to Karachi, West Pakistan, by Ticehurst, 1922, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 28, p. 383.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
leucotis
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Fourmilier à oreilles blanches de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 822, and “White-eared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Conopophaga aurita).
SUBSPECIES
White-eared Bulbul (mesopotamia)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus leucotis mesopotamia
mesopotamia / mesopotamiae / mesopotamicus
● Gr. μεσος mesos in the middle of; ποταμος potamos river; TL. Río Yuruán, Bolívar, Venezuela (subsp. Habia rubra).
● L. Mesopotamia, Mesopotamiae Mesopotamia, an ancient country and civilization of the Near East, located between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris (subsp. Passer moabiticus, subsp. Pycnonotus leucotis).
White-eared Bulbul (dactylus)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus leucotis dactylus
dactylus
Gr. δακτυλος daktulos finger, toe.
White-eared Bulbul (leucotis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus leucotis leucotis
leucotis
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Fourmilier à oreilles blanches de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 822, and “White-eared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Conopophaga aurita).
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)