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...
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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two different views of a perched bird. Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 23 October 2008 3 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
A view of a bird on a branch. Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 14 sec 3.4
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Perched in a tree
Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
John A Thompson 23 March 2012 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
Perched, taking part of a bird-wave.
Locality Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 4 January 2012 19 weeks ago 3.4
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