Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Southern Golden Bulbul (Thapsinillas affinis) - HBW 10, p. 237
French: Bulbul à queue d’or
German: Goldschwanzbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Colidorado
Other common names: Golden Bulbul (when treated as conspecific with T. longirostris)
Taxonomy: Criniger affinis Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841, Waru, Seram, 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. longirostris, but differs vocally. Although race name mysticalis often given as mystacalis, original spelling stands, as no official emendment has been made. This race exhibits pronounced morphological and vocal differences from nominate and flavicaudus, and may represent a separate species. Three subs.. View all taxonomy...
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. longirostris, but differs vocally. Although race name mysticalis often given as mystacalis, original spelling stands, as no official emendment has been made. This race exhibits pronounced morphological and vocal differences from nominate and flavicaudus, and may represent a separate species. Three subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mysticalis (Wallace, 1863) - Buru.
- affinis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) - Seram.
- flavicaudus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Ambon.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird.
Locality Buru, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp mysticalis)
mehdhalaouate 11 August 2006 2 years ago 3.7
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