Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

Ruby-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus dispar) - HBW 10, p. 174

French: Bulbul de la Sonde German: Sunda-Goldbrustbülbül Spanish: Bulbul Gorgirrojo

Taxonomy: Turdus dispar Horsfield, 1821, Java.
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. gularis, 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: Sumatra, Java and Bali.