Black-crested bulbul

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Black-crested bulbul
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Nominate Rubigula flaviventris flaviventris, at Meghalaya, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Rubigula
Species:
R. flaviventris
Binomial name
Rubigula flaviventris
(Tickell, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Vanga flaviventris
  • Pycnonotus flaviventris

The black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. [1] [2] It is found from the Indian subcontinent to southeast Asia.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The black-crested bulbul was originally described in the genus Vanga and later moved to the genus Pycnonotus . Pycnonotus was found to be polyphyletic in recent molecular phylogenetic studies and five bulbuls, including the black-crested bulbul, were moved to Rubigula. [2] [3]

Until 2008, the black-crested bulbul was considered as conspecific with the black-capped, ruby-throated, flame-throated and Bornean bulbuls, [4] but these are all now treated as distinct. [2]

Subspecies

Eight subspecies are accepted: [2]

Description

The black-crested bulbul is 18.5–19.5 cm in length. The head is black with a distinct crest and a yellow iris, while the rest of its body is greenish yellow above and yellow below, and a greenish-black tail. The bill and the feet are black. In the subspecies R. f. johnsoni, the throat is red. [5] Both the male and female are similar in plumage; young birds are slightly duller.

Distribution and habitat

This is a bird of forest and dense scrub.

Behaviour and ecology

It builds its nest in a bush; two to four eggs are a typical clutch. The black-crested bulbul feeds on fruit and insects.

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Rubigula flaviventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103826151A104338610. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103826151A104338610.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bulbuls – IOC World Bird List". IOC World Bird List – Version 14.2. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H. (2017). "The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach". Ibis. 159 (3): 498–509. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12464 . ISSN   0019-1019.
  4. "Species Version 1 IOC World Bird List (archive)". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. Hoyo, Josep del (2020). All the birds of the world. Barcelona: Lynx edicions. p. 620. ISBN   978-84-16728-37-4.