Streak-breasted Bulbul / Hypsipetes siquijorensis

Streak-breasted Bulbul / Hypsipetes siquijorensis

Streak-breasted Bulbul

SCI Name:  Hypsipetes siquijorensis
Protonym:  Iole Siquijorensis ListBirdsMamms.SteereExped. p.19
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  stbbul1
Type Locality:  Siquijor, Philippine Islands.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

HYPSIPETES
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Black Bulbul H. leucocephalus psaroides) Gr. ὑψιπετης hupsipetēs  high-flying, soaring  < πετομαι petomai  to fly; "Another interesting modification of form was exhibited among the Shrikes, in which the forked tail, acuminated wing, and short and feeble legs of the birds allied to Dicrurus appeared united to the head and bill of some of the Stares, particularly the genus Pastor.  Mr. Vigors characterized the form under the generic name of HYPSIPETES.   Rostrum subelongatum, debile, parum curvatum, apice leviter emarginatum; naribus basalibus, lateralibus, longitudinalibus, membrana partim clausis; rictus setis paucis, parum rigidis.   Alæ subelongatæ, subacuminatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda longiori septimæ æquali, tertia et sexta æqualibus, quarta et quinta æqualibus longissimis.  Pedes brevissimi, debiliores; acrotarsiis scutellatis.  Cauda subelongata, forficata, rectricibus extrorsum spectantibus.   HYPSIPETES PSAROÏDES." (Vigors 1831); "Hypsipetes psaroides  ...  This bird is social, fearless, very noisy, and chiefly found near the tops of high trees." (Oates 1889); "Hypsipetes Vigors, 1831, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1 (1830-1831), p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Hypsipetes psaroides Vigors. Not preoccupied by Ypsipetes Stephens, 1829." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 282).   
Var. Hypsepetes, Hysioetes.   
Synon. Anepsia, Galgulus, Haringtonia, Ixocincla, Microscelis, Orpheus.

siquijorensis
Siquijor I., Philippines.

SUBSPECIES

Streak-breasted Bulbul (Tablas)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes siquijorensis cinereiceps
cinereiceps
L. cinereus  ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Streak-breasted Bulbul (Cebu)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes siquijorensis 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.

Streak-breasted Bulbul (Siquijor)
SCI Name: Hypsipetes siquijorensis siquijorensis
siquijorensis
Siquijor I., Philippines.