Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Northern Golden Bulbul (Thapsinillas longirostris) - HBW 10, p. 236
French: Bulbul des Sula
German: Sulabülbül
Spanish: Bulbul de la Sula
Other common names: Long-billed Bulbul; Golden Bulbul (when treated as conspecific with T.affinis)
Taxonomy: Criniger longirostris Wallace, 1863, Sula Islands, Indonesia.
Often placed in an expanded genus Hypsipetes, but morphological and vocal distinctions seem too great to permit such treatment. Has also been placed in Alophoixus, but genus probably closest to Ixos everetti. Usually treated as conspecific with T. affinis, but differs vocally. Races exhibit considerable variation in morphology and, particularly, in vocalizations, and probably represent more than one species; full review, including genetic analysis, is required. Six subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- platenae (W. Blasius, 1888) - Sangihe I.
- aurea (Walden, 1872) - Togian Is.
- harterti (Stresemann, 1912) - Banggai Is.
- platenae (W. Blasius, 1888) - Sangihe I.
- aurea (Walden, 1872) - Togian Is.
- harterti (Stresemann, 1912) - Banggai Is.
- longirostris (Wallace, 1863) - Sula Is.
- chloris (Finsch, 1867) - Morotai, Halmahera and Bacan.
- lucasi (Hartert, 1903) - Obi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird softly calling from a branch. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp chloris)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 48 weeks ago 21 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch, and calling softly. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp chloris)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 48 weeks ago 11 sec 3.2
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