Philippine Bulbul

Here the details of the Philippine Bulbul named bird below:

SCI Name:  Hypsipetes philippinus
Protonym:  [Turdus] philippinus FaunulaIndica.ed.2 p.8
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hypsipetes
Taxonomy Code:  phibul1
Type Locality:  ? Philippine Islands, ex Latham, ex Sonnerat; type locality here restricted to Luzon. Based on Latham, 1783, Gen. Synops. Birds, 2, pt. 1, Thrush, no. 37.
Author:  Forster, JR
Publish Year:  1795
IUCN Status:  

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.

philippinus
Philippine Is.
● ex “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Ixos).
● ex “Grand Guespier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● Erroneous TL. Philippines (= Ceylon); ex “Gros-bec des Philippines” of Brisson 1760: "On l'appelle aux Isles Philippines TOUCNAM COURVI"; "'Toucnam-courvi,' the supposed native name in the Philippines, according to Brisson ...does not sound Tagalish ...while, on the other hand, it closely resembles the Malay [i.e. Tamil] name for the common Weaverbird, P. baya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr Layard ...renders Tokanam cooroovi, i.e. Basket-maker bird" (Walden 1875) (Ploceus).

SUBSPECIES

Philippine Bulbul (philippinus)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes philippinus philippinus
philippinus
Philippine Is.
● ex “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Ixos).
● ex “Grand Guespier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● Erroneous TL. Philippines (= Ceylon); ex “Gros-bec des Philippines” of Brisson 1760: "On l'appelle aux Isles Philippines TOUCNAM COURVI"; "'Toucnam-courvi,' the supposed native name in the Philippines, according to Brisson ...does not sound Tagalish ...while, on the other hand, it closely resembles the Malay [i.e. Tamil] name for the common Weaverbird, P. baya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr Layard ...renders Tokanam cooroovi, i.e. Basket-maker bird" (Walden 1875) (Ploceus).

Philippine Bulbul (parkesi)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes philippinus parkesi
parkesi
Dr Kenneth Carroll Parkes (1922-2007) US ornithologist, taxonomist, collector in Mexico, Argentina and Philippines, Curator of Carnegie Mus., Pittsburgh 1962 (subsp. Buarremon brunneinuchus, syn. Chrysococcyx flavigularis, subsp. Ixos philippinus, subsp. Mulleripicus funebris, subsp. Saltator aurantiirostris, subsp. Setophaga petechia, subsp. Sporophila maximiliani, subsp. Vireo huttoni, subsp. Zosterops montanus).

Philippine Bulbul (saturatior)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes philippinus saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris  more richly coloured, intensely coloured  < saturare  to satisfy  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.