Finsch’s Bulbul / Alophoixus finschii
Finsch's Bulbul
SCI Name:
Protonym: Criniger finschii AttiR.Accad.Sci.Torino 6 p.128
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Alophoixus
Taxonomy Code: finbul1
Type Locality: Sarawak.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1871
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
ALOPHOIXUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Bulbul A. phaeocephalus) Gr. αλοφος alophos without a crest < negative prefix α- a- ; λοφος lophos crest; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Genus ALOPHOIXUS, n. gen. The bird for which I propose the above generic designation has hitherto been placed with Criniger. It differs from that genus in entirely wanting a crest, a character of sufficient importance, in my estimation, to warrant its separation from Criniger, in which genus the crest is remarkably long and conspicuous. 268. Alophoixus phæocephalus. The Crestless White-throated Bulbul." (Oates 1889); "Alophoixus Oates, 1889, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 1, p. 259. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Ixos phaeocephalus Hartlaub." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 275).
Var. Alophoiscus, Alophoiseus, Alophoixos, Alphoiscus.
finschii
Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, ornithologist, collector (Alophoixus, Ducula, subsp. Erythropitta macklotii, syn. Microcarbo melanoleucos brevirostris, Micropsitta, Oenanthe, syn. Pachycephala citreogaster, Psittacula, subsp. Rhipidura isura, syn. Tauraco schuettii emini, Zosterops) (see finschi).
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)