Chestnut Bulbul

SCI Name:  Hemixos castanonotus
Protonym:  Hemixus castanonotus Ibis p.251 pl.9 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hemixos
Taxonomy Code:  chebul1
Type Locality:  Tai-ping-sze and near Lingmun, central Hainan.
Author:  Swinhoe
Publish Year:  1870
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HEMIXOS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Ashy Bulbul H. flavala) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, akin to  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Hemixos, Hodgson, n. g.   ...   H. flavala, mihi.   ...    “This type," remarks Mr Hodgson, "is compounded of the characters of Hypsipetes and of those of the Boulbouls [Ixos], between which it claims a place.  Its manners, like its form are intermediate.  It feeds mostly on pulpy berries, but likewise takes soft and imperfect insects."” (Blyth 1845); "The genus Hemixus, of which H. flavala is the type, contains five Indian species closely related to each other." (Oates 1889); "Hemixos "Hodgson" Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 572.  Type, by original designation." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 282).
Var. Flemixus, Hemixus, Itemixus.

castanonota / castanonotum / castanonotus
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut Bulbul (canipennis)
SCI Name: Hemixos castanonotus canipennis
canipennis
L. canus  grey; pennis  wings, -winged  < penna  feather.

Chestnut Bulbul (castanonotus)
SCI Name: Hemixos castanonotus castanonotus
castanonota / castanonotum / castanonotus
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back.