Sombre Greenbul

SCI Name:  Andropadus importunus
Protonym:  Turdus importunus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 20 p.266
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Andropadus
Taxonomy Code:  somgre1
Type Locality:  Anteniquoi [= Outeniqua] Forest [Cape Province].
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ANDROPADUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Sombre Greenbul A. importunus) Gr. ανηρ anēr, ανδρος andros  man; οπαδος opados  attendant, following; the Sombre Greenbul was considered to be a nuisance, since it followed hunters and alerted other birds and game by its constant chattering (see importunus) (pace Hockey et al. 2005: “from andros = male, and padus = tree, = ‘man of the trees’); "ANDROPADUS*, SWAINS.   ...   Type. — L'importan [sic], LE VAILL., iii, p. 41, pl. 106, f. 2.   ...   *Th, ανηρ  vir, et οπαδος  comes, adsectator." (Swainson 1832); "Andropadus Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. Birds (1831), p. 485. Type, by original designation and monotypy, "L'importun" Levaillant = Turdus importunus Vieillot." (Rand in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 223).
Var. Andropus.
Synon. Charitillas, Polyodon.

importunus
L. importunus  troublesome, insolent  < portare  to endure; Levaillant 1802, gave the name “L'Importun” to the Sombre Greenbul because it followed hunters and warned other birds by its loud, irritating and persistent calls (French importune  tiresome, obtrusive) (Andropadus).

SUBSPECIES

Sombre Greenbul (insularis)
SCI Name: Andropadus importunus insularis
insularis
L. insularis  of an island  < insula, insulae  island.
● Ceylon (= Sri Lanka) (syn. Accipiter badius, subsp. Chloropsis aurifrons, subsp. Dicrurus caerulescens, subsp. Prinia inornata).
● New Caledonia (syn. Accipiter fasciatus vigilax).
● Phu-Quoc I., Cochin China (=Vietnam) (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja).
● Andaman Is., Bay of Bengal (subsp. Amaurornis phoenicurus).
● Bahrain, Arabian Gulf (subsp. Ammomanes deserti)
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar (= Zanzibar) (subsp. Andropadus importunus).
● Santa Cruz I., Channel Is., California, USA (subsp. Aphelocoma californica, subsp. Eremophila alpestris).
● Rennell I., Solomon Is. (Aplonis).
● Jobi I. (= Japen = Yapen), New Guinea (Arses, subsp. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis).
● Sardinia (Bubo).
● Fernando Póo (= Bioko), Gulf of Guinea (syn. Campethera tullbergi, syn. Cinnyris chloropygius).
● Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (syn. Cathartes aura, subsp. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● Aldabra, Indian Ocean (subsp. Centropus toulou).
● Sardinia (syn. Coccothraustes coccothraustes).
● Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea (subsp. Columbina passerina).
● New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (Corvus).
● Formosa/Taiwan (subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, Myophonus, syn. Garrulus bispecularis).
● Borneo (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● Nicobar Is., Bay of Bengal (syn. Ducula aenea nicobarica).
● Corsica (syn. Emberiza calandra, syn. Saxicola rubicola).
● Socotra (subsp. Emberiza tahapisi, Passer).
● Weda Is., Halmahera, Indonesia (syn. Eos squamata).
● Tres Marías Is., Nayarit, Mexico (Forpus, subsp. Myadestes occidentalis, subsp. Nyctidromus albicollis, subsp. Pachyramphus aglaiae, subsp. Setophaga pitiayumi, syn. Zenaida asiatica).
● Lord Howe I., Tasman Sea (syn. Fregetta grallaria, ‡Gerygone).
● Rottnest I., Western Australia (syn. Gavicalis virescens).
● Meco I., Quintana Roo, Mexico (subsp. Habia fuscicauda).
● Ship I., off Gulfport, Mississippi, USA (syn. Hirundo rustica erythrogaster).
● Tobago (Hylophilus, subsp. Platyrinchus mystaceus, subsp. Psarocolius decumanus).
● Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico (Junco).
● Isla Margarita, Venezuela (syn. Leptotila verreauxi,  subsp. Quiscalus lugubris).
● New Providence, Bahamas (sym. Leuconotopicus villosus maynardi).
● King I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Melithreptus brevirostris).
● Kangean Is., Java Sea, Indonesia (subsp. Oriolus chinensis).
● Fergusson I., D'Entrecasteaux Is., Papua New Guinea (Otidiphaps).
● Mahé I., Seychelles (Otus).
● Kodiak I., Alaska, USA (subsp. Passerella unalaschcensis).
● Honshu, Japan (subsp. Periparus ater).
● Stewart I., New Zealand (syn. Poodytes punctatus).
● Henderson I., Pitcairn Group, Pacific Ocean (Ptilinopus).
● Naochow I., Kwangtung, China (syn. Pycnonotus aurigaster resurrectus).
● Banggai I., North Borneo (syn. Pycnonotus plumosus hachisukae).
● Madagascar (Sarothrura, subsp. Thalassornis leuconotus).
● Forsyth I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Sericornis frontalis).
● Grand Bahama I., Bahamas (Sitta).
● Trinidad (syn. Sporophila intermedia).
● Nias I., Sumatra (subsp. Terpsiphone affinis).
● Terangan I., Aru Is., Indonesia (syn. Todiramphus macleayii).
● Isla Socorro, Colima, Mexico (syn. Troglodytes sissonii).
● Erroneous TL. São Vicente, Cape Verde Is. (= St. Vincent, West Indies) (subsp. Tyto glaucops).
● Vancouver I., British Columbia, Canada (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● Stephens I., Cook Strait, New Zealand (‡syn. Xenicus lyalli).
● Curaçao, Dutch Antilles (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).
● Tanegashima, south of Kyushu, Japan (subsp. Zosterops japonicus).

Sombre Greenbul (hypoxanthus)
SCI Name: Andropadus importunus hypoxanthus
hypoxanthus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).

Sombre Greenbul (oleaginus)
SCI Name: Andropadus importunus oleaginus
oleaginus
L. oleaginus  olive-coloured  < olea  olive.

Sombre Greenbul (importunus)
SCI Name: Andropadus importunus importunus
importunus
L. importunus  troublesome, insolent  < portare  to endure; Levaillant 1802, gave the name “L'Importun” to the Sombre Greenbul because it followed hunters and warned other birds by its loud, irritating and persistent calls (French importune  tiresome, obtrusive) (Andropadus).