Gray-bellied Bulbul

SCI Name:  Rubigula cyaniventris
Protonym:  P[ycnonotus]. ? cyaniventris J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 11 p.792
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Rubigula
Taxonomy Code:  gybbul1
Type Locality:  Singapore.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

Rubigula
(syn. Pycnonotus Ϯ Ruby-throated Bulbul P. dispar) Med. L. rubinus  ruby  < L. rubeus  red  < ruber  red; L. gula  throat; "Br. gularis would seem to be a true congener of Br. dispar, (Horsf.,) Sw.  To the type of the two latter species, I shall now provisionally give the name Rubigula   ...   Rubigula, nobis.  There is unfortunately no specimen in the museum from which I can define this group, but of the present series it makes the nearest approach to Pycnonotus, and has the rump uniformly coloured with the back, and a subquadrate tail, unlike the next form [Brachypodius]. The species (at least in the male sex) are remarkable for the brilliant ruby, or sometimes orange-ruby, hue of the throat, the feathers of which are rigid and glistening. Three species would appear to have been ascertained.   1. R. dispar, (Horsfield), Lin. Tr. XIII, 150. Malay countries.   2. R. gularis, (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 186; Brachypus rubineus, Jerdon. Southern India.   3. R. ——, (Temminck), p. c. 382, fig. 2, as noticed in Griffith's 'Animal Kingdom,' VI, 390. Java." (Blyth 1845); "Rubigula Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 576. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus dispar Horsfield. (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 47.)" (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 223).

cyaniventer / cyaniventris
L. cyaneus  dark-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy; venter, ventris  belly.

SUBSPECIES

Gray-bellied Bulbul (cyaniventris)
SCI Name: Rubigula cyaniventris cyaniventris
cyaniventer / cyaniventris
L. cyaneus  dark-blue  < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy; venter, ventris  belly.

Gray-bellied Bulbul (paroticalis)
SCI Name: Rubigula cyaniventris paroticalis
paroticalis
Gr. παρ par  near; ωτικος ōtikos  of the ear  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.