Red-whiskered Bulbul

SCI Name:  Pycnonotus jocosus
Protonym:  [Lanius] jocosus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.95
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code:  rewbul
Type Locality:  China; type locality restricted to Canton, Kwangtung, by Deignan, 1948, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 38, p. 281.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PYCNONOTUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Cape Bulbul P. capensis) Gr. πυκνος puknos  thick, compact; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back; alluding to the thickly feathered back of the Cape Bulbul and many other bulbuls; "IX. Fam. Myiotheridae.   ...   Pycnonotus Kuhl: Turdus capensis Lin. Vaill. Afr. pl. 105 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pycnonotus "Kuhl" Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 19, p. 973. Type, by monotypy, Turdus capensis Linnaeus." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 223).  
Var. Pychnonotus, Picnonotus, Picncnotus.   
Synon. Alcurus, Bonapartia, Bostrycholophus, Brachypus, Centrolophus, Crocopsis, Elathea, Gymnocrotaphus, Haematornis, Hemitarsus, Ixodia, Kelaartia, Loidorusa, Malayornis, Meropixus, Mesolophus, Molpastes, Nok, Oreoctistes, Otocompsa, Pachycephalixus, Phacelias, Rubigula, Sphagias, Squamatornis, Stictognathus, Trachycomus, Xanthixus.

jocosa / jocosus
L. iocosus  merry  < iocus  joke.
● "43. LANIUS.   ...   jocosus.  9. L. cauda integra, corpore griseo, palpebra inferiore purpurea, ano sanguineo. Amœn. acad. 4. p. . .  Habitat in China. Osbeck.  Caput nigrum. Gula alba. Abdomen albicans.  Rostrum rectius quam in reliquis, sed utrinque intra apicem enmarginatum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pycnonotus).

SUBSPECIES

Red-whiskered Bulbul (fuscicaudatus)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus
fuscicaudata / fuscicaudatus
L. fuscus  brown; caudatus  tailed  < cauda  tail.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (abuensis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus abuensis
abuensis
Mt. Abu, Aravalli Range, Rajasthan, India.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (pyrrhotis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus pyrrhotis
pyrrhotis
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear (cf. πυρροτης purrhotēs  redness of the hair).

Red-whiskered Bulbul (emeria)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus emeria
emeria
Gr. αἱμηρος haimēros  blood-stained, flushed with blood  < αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos   blood (cf. εμερα emera  day  < ἡμερα hēmera  day).
● ex “Bengall Redstart” of Albin 1738 (subsp. Pycnonotus jocosus).

Red-whiskered Bulbul (whistleri)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus whistleri
whistleri
Hugh Whistler (1889-1943) Indian Police in the Punjab 1909-1932, naturalist, collector (subsp. Anthus pratensis, subsp. Cettia brunnifrons, subsp. Garrulax albogularis, syn. Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris, subsp. Niltava sundara, subsp. Periparus rubidiventris, Phylloscopus, subsp. Pycnonotus jocosus, syn. Sitta himalayensis, subsp. Tarsiger chrysaeus).

Red-whiskered Bulbul (monticola)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus monticola
MONTICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush M. saxatilis) L. monticola  mountain-dweller, mountaineer  < mons, montis  mountain; -cola  inhabitant  < colere  to dwell; "22. Familie. Drosseln, Turdus.  43. Gattung. Monticola.²    85. saxatilis    86. cyanus.   ...   ² Unterscheidendes Kennzeichen der Gattung: das rostrothe oder schieferblaue Gefieder." (Boie 1822); "Monticola Boie, 1822, Isis, col. 552. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1847, Gen. Birds, 1, p. 220), Turdus saxatilis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 135).
Synon. Colonocincla, Cyanocincla, Migratorius, Notiocichla, Notiocincla, Orocetes, Oroscirtetes, Petrocincla, Petrocossyphus, Petrophila, Petrornis, Pseudocossyphus.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (pattani)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus pattani
pattani
Pattani Province, southern Thailand.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (hainanensis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus hainanensis
hainana / hainanensis / hainanum / hainanus
Hainan I., China.

Red-whiskered Bulbul (jocosus)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus jocosus jocosus
jocosa / jocosus
L. iocosus  merry  < iocus  joke.
● "43. LANIUS.   ...   jocosus.  9. L. cauda integra, corpore griseo, palpebra inferiore purpurea, ano sanguineo. Amœn. acad. 4. p. . .  Habitat in China. Osbeck.  Caput nigrum. Gula alba. Abdomen albicans.  Rostrum rectius quam in reliquis, sed utrinque intra apicem enmarginatum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pycnonotus).