Ochraceous Bulbul / Alophoixus ochraceus
Ochraceous Bulbul
SCI Name:
Protonym: Criniger ochraceus Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.252
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Alophoixus
Taxonomy Code: ochbul1
Type Locality: Tenasserim; type locality restricted to Mergui Town [lat. 12°26''N., long. 98° 36'' E.], by Deignan, 1956, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 134, no. 2, p. 5.
Author: Moore, F
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status:
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.
ochraceum / ochraceus
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous, ochreous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow ochre.
SUBSPECIES
Ochraceous Bulbul (Ochraceous)
SCI Name: Alophoixus ochraceus [ochraceus Group]
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.
Ochraceous Bulbul (Chestnut-vented)
SCI Name: Alophoixus ochraceus ruficrissus/fowleri
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.
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)