Ruby-throated bulbul

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Ruby-throated bulbul
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East Java, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Rubigula
Species:
R. dispar
Binomial name
Rubigula dispar
(Horsfield, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Pycnonotus melanicterus dispar
  • Turdus dispar
  • Pycnonotus dispar

The ruby-throated bulbul (Rubigula dispar), or yellow bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. [1] [2] It was formerly considered conspecific with other Rubigula bulbuls, such as the flame-throated bulbul. [3] It is found on Sumatra, Java, and Bali.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The ruby-throated bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus and later moved to genus Pycnonotus . Pycnonotus was found to be polyphyletic in recent molecular phylogenetic studies and five bulbul species, including the ruby-throated bulbul, moved to Rubigula. [2] [4] Until 2008, the ruby-throated bulbul was considered as conspecific with the black-capped, black-crested, flame-throated and Bornean bulbuls, [5] but these are all now treated as distinct. [2]

There are two subspecies: [2]

Description

It is 17–20 cm long, virtually crestless, has a black head with a deep red throat, greenish-yellow back and wings, yellow underparts, and a greenish-black tail. The bill and legs are black. [6]

Distribution and habitat

This is a bird of forest and dense scrub.

Behaviour and ecology

It builds its nest in a bush, with a typical clutch size of two to four eggs. The ruby-throated bulbul feeds on fruit and insects.

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Rubigula dispar". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103827052A104338311. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103827052A104338311.en . Retrieved 20 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. ↑ "Species Version 1 IOC World Bird List (archive)". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Species Version 1 IOC World Bird List (archive)". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Hoyo, Josep del (2020). All the birds of the world. Barcelona: Lynx edicions. p. 620. ISBN   978-84-16728-37-4.


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