Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Flame-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis) - HBW 10, p. 175

French: Bulbul à gorge rubis German: Kerala-Goldbrustbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Gorginaranja
Other common names: Ruby-throated(!)/Orange-throated Bulbul, Ruby-throated Yellow Bulbul

Taxonomy: Brachypus gularis Gould, 1836, Travancore [= Kerala], India.
Genus as currently constituted probably polyphyletic; in-depth analysis of morphology, voice, behaviour and genetics required to redefine its limits. Present species previously placed, along with P. flaviventris, P. dispar, P. melanicterus and P. montis, in a separate genus Rubigula, to which all five may yet be returned. They form a superspecies, and have often been treated as conspecific under the name “P. melanicterus”. Monotypic.

Distribution: Western Ghats S from Goa, in SW India.