Rubigula
Genus of birds
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Rubigula is a genus of Asian passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
| Rubigula | |
|---|---|
| |
| Black-crested bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Rubigula Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus dispar (ruby-throated bulbul) Horsfield, 1821 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Rubigula was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.[1] The type species was designated as the ruby-throated bulbul by George Robert Gray in 1855.[2][3] The name combines the Medieval Latin rubinus meaning "ruby" with Latin gula meaning "throat".[4]
This genus was formerly synonymized with the genus Pycnonotus. A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbul family published in 2017 found that Pycnonotus was polyphyletic.[5] In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved from Pycnonotus to Rubigula.[6]
Species
It has eight species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rubigula flaviventris | Black-crested bulbul | montane South Asia to Malay peninsula |
.jpg) | Rubigula gularis | Flame-throated bulbul | Western Ghats |
.jpg) | Rubigula melanictera | Black-capped bulbul | Sri Lanka |
 | Rubigula dispar | Ruby-throated bulbul | Sumatra, Java, and Bali |
 | Rubigula montis | Bornean bulbul | Borneo montane rain forests |
 | Rubigula squamata | Scaly-breasted bulbul | montane Malesia |
| - | Rubigula cyaniventris | Grey-bellied bulbul | Malesia |
| - | Rubigula erythrophthalmos | Spectacled bulbul | Malesia |
