Yellow-eared Bulbul / Pycnonotus penicillatus
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Yellow-eared Bulbul
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Protonym: Pycnonotus penicillatus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 20 p.178
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code: yeebul1
Type Locality: Ceylon.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1851
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
penicillata / penicillatus
Mod. L. penicillatus with brush-like tufts < L. penicillus brush < dim. peniculus brush < penis tail.
● ex “Yellow-eared Bulbul” of Jerdon 1844 (Pycnonotus).
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)
