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Pycnonotus

Pycnonotus is a genus of frugivorous passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus
Olive-winged bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Turdus capensis (Cape bulbul)
Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms
  • Brachypus
  • Haematornis
  • Kelaartia
  • Micropus
  • Molpastes
  • Oreoctistes
  • Otocompsa
  • Xanthiscus
Yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)

Taxonomy and systematics

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The genus Pycnonotus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the Cape bulbul as the type species.[1] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".[2]

The genus contains the following 31 species:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Cream-vented bulbulPycnonotus simplexMalesia
Olive-winged bulbulPycnonotus plumosusMalesia
Asian red-eyed bulbulPycnonotus brunneusMalesia
-Straw-headed bulbulPycnonotus zeylanicusMalesia
-Spot-necked bulbulPycnonotus tympanistrigusBukit Barisan
-Cream-eyed bulbulPycnonotus pseudosimplexnorthern Borneo
Ashy-fronted bulbulPycnonotus cinereifronsPalawan
White-browed bulbulPycnonotus luteolusSouth Asia
-Ayeyarwady bulbulPycnonotus blanfordiMyanmar
Streak-eared bulbulPycnonotus conradiIndochina
Stripe-throated bulbulPycnonotus finlaysoniIndochina
Pale-eyed bulbulPycnonotus davisoniMyanmar
Flavescent bulbulPycnonotus flavescensNortheast India and northern Indochina
-Aceh bulbulPycnonotus snouckaertinorthern Sumatra
Orange-spotted bulbulPycnonotus bimaculatusmontane Sumatra, Java and Bali
Pale-faced bulbulPycnonotus leucopsmontane Borneo
Yellow-throated bulbulPycnonotus xantholaemussouthern India
Yellow-eared bulbulPycnonotus penicillatusSri Lanka
Brown-breasted bulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhousChina and northern Indochina
Light-vented bulbulPycnonotus sinensisChina and Taiwan
Styan's bulbulPycnonotus taivanusTaiwan
Red-whiskered bulbulPycnonotus jocosusSouth India, southern China and Indochina
Yellow-vented bulbulPycnonotus goiavierSoutheast Asia
Red-vented bulbulPycnonotus caferSouth Asia and Myanmar
Sooty-headed bulbulPycnonotus aurigastersouthern China and Indochina
White-eared bulbulPycnonotus leucotisIrak, Persian Gulf to northwestern India
Himalayan bulbulPycnonotus leucogenysHimalayas
White-spectacled bulbulPycnonotus xanthopygosMiddle East
African red-eyed bulbulPycnonotus nigricanssouthern Africa
Common bulbulPycnonotus barbatusAfrica
Cape bulbulPycnonotus capensisfynbos of South Africa

Former species

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In previous circumscriptions the genus Pycnonotus was considerably larger. Recent taxonomic revisions have seen many species transferred to other genera.

In 2010, eighteen former Pycnonotus species were reclassified into different genera, either directly from Pycnonotus or from the genus Andropadus, to which they had already been transferred by some authorities. These changes were as follows:

In 2020, a further 17 species were transferred to other genera:[3][19]

Other former Pycnonotus species include:

References

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  1. ↑ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Col 973.
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Stelgidillas gracilirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Arizelocichla masukuensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  7. ↑ "Arizelocichla kakamegae kakamegae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  8. ↑ "Arizelocichla montana - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  9. ↑ "Arizelocichla tephrolaema - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  10. ↑ "Arizelocichla nigriceps nigriceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  11. ↑ "Arizelocichla chlorigula - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  12. ↑ "Arizelocichla milanjensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  13. ↑ "Arizelocichla olivaceiceps - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  14. ↑ "Eurillas virens [incl. hallae] - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  15. ↑ "Eurillas gracilis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  16. ↑ "Eurillas ansorgei - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  17. ↑ "Eurillas curvirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  18. ↑ "Eurillas latirostris - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  19. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (eds.). "Taxonomic Updates". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Andropadus importunus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  21. ↑ "Atimastillas flavicollis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  22. ↑ Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Passeriformes, or perching birds. Cichlomorphœ: pt. III-IV, containing the ... family Timeliidœ (babbling-thrushes) by R.B. Sharpe. order of the Trustees. 1881-01-01.
  23. ↑ "Tricholestes criniger - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  24. ↑ Fuchs, Jérôme; Pasquet, Eric; Stuart, Bryan L.; Woxvold, Iain A.; Duckworth, J. W.; Bowie, Rauri C. K. (2018). "Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic Bare-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon with description of a new genus". Ibis. 160 (3): 659–665. doi:10.1111/ibi.12580. ISSN 1474-919X.
  25. ↑ Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H. (2017). "The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach". Ibis. 159 (3): 498–509. doi:10.1111/ibi.12464. ISSN 0019-1019.
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