Nicobar Bulbul
Nicobar Bulbul
Here the details of the Nicobar Bulbul named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hypsipetes nicobariensis Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.257
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hypsipetes
Taxonomy Code: nicbul2
Type Locality:
Author: Moore, F
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
HYPSIPETES
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Black Bulbul H. leucocephalus psaroides) Gr. ὑψιπετης hupsipetēs high-flying, soaring < πετομαι petomai to fly; "Another interesting modification of form was exhibited among the Shrikes, in which the forked tail, acuminated wing, and short and feeble legs of the birds allied to Dicrurus appeared united to the head and bill of some of the Stares, particularly the genus Pastor. Mr. Vigors characterized the form under the generic name of HYPSIPETES. Rostrum subelongatum, debile, parum curvatum, apice leviter emarginatum; naribus basalibus, lateralibus, longitudinalibus, membrana partim clausis; rictus setis paucis, parum rigidis. Alæ subelongatæ, subacuminatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda longiori septimæ æquali, tertia et sexta æqualibus, quarta et quinta æqualibus longissimis. Pedes brevissimi, debiliores; acrotarsiis scutellatis. Cauda subelongata, forficata, rectricibus extrorsum spectantibus. HYPSIPETES PSAROÏDES." (Vigors 1831); "Hypsipetes psaroides ... This bird is social, fearless, very noisy, and chiefly found near the tops of high trees." (Oates 1889); "Hypsipetes Vigors, 1831, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1 (1830-1831), p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Hypsipetes psaroides Vigors. Not preoccupied by Ypsipetes Stephens, 1829." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 282).
Var. Hypsepetes, Hysioetes.
Synon. Anepsia, Galgulus, Haringtonia, Ixocincla, Microscelis, Orpheus.
nicobarensis / nicobarica / nicobaricus / nicobariensis
Nicobar Is.
● “92. COLUMBA. ... nicobarica. 15. C. cauda alba, corpore nigro, remigibus cæruleis, dorso viridi-nitente, pennis colli elongatis. Columba e nicombar. Alb. av. 3. p. 44. t. 47. 48. Habitat in insula Nicombar prope Pegu indicum.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Caloenas).
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)