Yellow-vented Bulbul

SCI Name:  Pycnonotus goiavier
Protonym:  Muscicapa (Goiavier) Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.96
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code:  yevbul1
Type Locality:  Manila, Luzon, ex Sonnerat.
Author:  Scopoli
Publish Year:  1786
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.

goiavier
French name “Petit Goiavier de Manille” given to the Yellow-vented Bulbul by Sonnerat 1776, because it frequented guava trees (French goyavier) (Pycnonotus).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-vented Bulbul (jambu)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier jambu
jambu
Sanskrit jambu  rose-apple tree. Throughout south-east Asia the name jambu is applied to various fruits and plants of the genus Syzygium.
● "As subspecific name I have chosen the Malayan substantive for the guava, in allusion to this bulbul's specific and English vernacular names" (Deignan 1955) (subsp. Pycnonotus goiavier).
● Malay name Punai jambu for a fruit dove; ex “Pooni Jamboo” of Marsden 1783, and “Jamboo Pigeon” of Latham 1783: “fore part of the head a deep pink* ... *This is likened to the colour of the blossom of the Jamboo, the fruit of which is like a pear in shape” (Ramphiculus).

Yellow-vented Bulbul (personatus)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier personatus
personata / personatus
L. personatus  masked  < persona  mask.
● ex “Perroquet Geoffroy” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi).
● ex “Chouette à Masque Noir” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 44 (syn. Pulsatrix perspicillata).

Yellow-vented Bulbul (analis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier analis
anale / analis
Mod. L. analis  relating to the undertail-coverts, of the vent  < L. anus, ani  anus (cf. Med. L. analis  oak-tree).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).

Yellow-vented Bulbul (gourdini)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier gourdini
gourdini
Ensign Jean Marie Émile Gourdin (1813-1839) French Navy, explorer on the Astrolabe in the Pacific 1838-1839 (subsp. Pycnonotus goiavier (ex “Turdoïde de Gourdin” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1844)).

Yellow-vented Bulbul (goiavier)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier goiavier
goiavier
French name “Petit Goiavier de Manille” given to the Yellow-vented Bulbul by Sonnerat 1776, because it frequented guava trees (French goyavier) (Pycnonotus).

Yellow-vented Bulbul (samarensis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier samarensis
samarensis
Samar, Philippines.

Yellow-vented Bulbul (suluensis)
SCI Name: Pycnonotus goiavier suluensis
suluensis
Sulu Is., Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.