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Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Black-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus) - HBW 10, p. 175

French: Bulbul à tête noire German: Sri Lanka-Goldbrustbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Carinegro
Other common names: Black-capped Yellow Bulbul, Black-headed Yellow Bulbul

Taxonomy: Muscicapa melanictera J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Sri Lanka.
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species forms a superspecies with P. flaviventris, P. dispar, P. gularis and P. montis, and all five usually treated as conspecific. All may merit placement in a separate genus, Rubigula. Present species is the most distinct member of the superspecies owing to its short rounded tail with broad white tips, but its other characters (lack of crest, yellow throat, dark iris) are mirrored independently by di.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Muscicapa melanictera J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Sri Lanka.
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species forms a superspecies with P. flaviventris, P. dispar, P. gularis and P. montis, and all five usually treated as conspecific. All may merit placement in a separate genus, Rubigula. Present species is the most distinct member of the superspecies owing to its short rounded tail with broad white tips, but its other characters (lack of crest, yellow throat, dark iris) are mirrored independently by distant Bornean P. montis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Sri Lanka.

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