Pycnonotus tricolor

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,033 meters (0 to 9,951 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pycnonotus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1862)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pycnonotus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 75 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. ansorgei (Ansorge's Greenbul) · P. atriceps (Black Headed Bulbul) · P. atriceps atriceps (Black-Headed Bulbul) · P. aurigaster (Sooty-Headed Bulbul) · P. aurigaster aurigaster (Sooty-Headed Bulbul) · P. barbatus (Garden Bulbul) · P. barbatus barbatus (Garden Bulbul) · P. bimaculatus (Orange Spotted Bulbul) · P. bimaculatus bimaculatus (Orange Spotted Bulbul) · P. blanfordi (Blanford's Olive Bulbul) · P. blanfordi blanfordi (Blanford's Olive Bulbul) · P. brunneus (Asian Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. brunneus brunneus (Asian Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul) · P. cafer cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul) · P. capensis (Cape Bulbul) · P. curvirostris (Plain Greenbul) · (Gray-Bellied Bulbul) · P. cyaniventris cyaniventris (Gray-Bellied Bulbul) · P. dodsoni (Dodson's Bulbul) · P. erythrophthalmus (Green-Throated Greenbul) · P. erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul) · P. erythropthalmos erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul) · (Puff-Backed Bulbul) · P. finlaysoni (Stripe-Throated Bulbul) · P. finlaysoni finlaysoni (Stripe-Throated Bulbul) · P. flavescens (Flavescent Bulbul) · P. fuscoflavescens (Andaman Bulbul) · P. goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul) · P. goiavier goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul) · P. gracilirostris (Slender-Billed Greenbul) · P. gracilis (Little Grey Greenbul) · P. hualon (Bare-Faced Bulbul) · P. importunus (Sombre Greenbul) · P. jocosus (Red-Whiskered BulbulI) · P. jocosus emeria (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. jocosus jocosus (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. latirostris (Yellow-Whiskered Greenbul) · P. leucogenys (White-Cheeked Bulbul) · P. leucogenys leucogenys (White-Cheeked Bulbul) · P. leucogrammicus (Cream Striped Bulbul) · P. leucotis (White-Eared Bulbul) · P. luteolus (White-Browed Bulbul) · P. luteolus luteolus (White-Browed Bulbul) · P. masukuensis (Shelley's Greenbul) · P. melanicterus (Black Crested Bulbul) · P. melanicterus melanicterus (Black-Headed Yellow Bulbul) · (Black-And-White Bulbul) · P. milanjensis (Stripe-Cheeked Greenbul) · P. montanus (Cameroun Montane Greenbul) · P. nieuwenhuisii (Blue Wattled Bulbul) · P. nigricans (African Red-Eyed Bulbul) · P. nigricans nigricans (African Red-Eyed Bulbul) · (Yellow-Tufted Bulbul) · P. plumosus (Olive-Winged Bulbul) · P. plumosus plumosus (Olive-Winged Bulbul) · P. priocephalus (Gray Headed Bulbul) · P. simplex (White Eyed Brown Bulbul) · P. sinensis (Light-Vented Bulbul) · P. sinensis sinensis (Light-Vented Bulbul) · P. somaliensis (Somali Bulbul) · (Scaly-Breasted Bulbul) · P. striatus (Striated Green Bulbul) · P. striatus striatus (Striated Green Bulbul) · P. taivanus (Formosan Bulbul) · P. tephrolaemus (Grey-Throated Greenbul) · P. tricolor (Dark-Capped Bulbul) · (Olive-Crowned Bulbul) · P. urostictus (Yellow Wattled Bulbul) · P. virens (Hall's Greenbul) · P. xantholaemus (Yellow-Throated Bulbul) · P. xanthopygos (White-Spectacled Bulbul) · P. xanthorrhous (Brown-Breasted Bulbul) · P. xanthorrhous xanthorrhous (Brown-Breasted Bulbul) · P. zeylanicus (Straw-Crowned Bulbul)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 100.
• American Museum novitates. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History url p. 9.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 323.
• Ardea. Amsterdam, etc., Nederlandse Ornithlogische Unie, etc. url p. 66.
• Aves. Appendix: On some points in the anatomy of Bradypterus cinnamomeus, by W.P. Pycraft. London, Printed for the Society, 1910. url p. 258.
• Bird behaviour, psychical and physiological; by Frank Finn. With 44 illustrations on art paper. London, Hutchinson[1919] url p. 67.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 111, p. 116, p. 359, p. 489, p. 495.
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 105, p. 163.
• Catalogue of African birds in the collection of R.B. Sharpe. London: Published by the Author, 1871. url p. 23.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 131, p. 132.
• Days with birds; studies of habits of some East African species. 38 1956 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1956. url p. 248, p. 519, p. 9.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url , p. 229, p. 255, p. 390, p. 391, p. 392, p. 393, p. 696.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 37.
• Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society: official publication of the Coryndon Memorial Museum (Museum Trustees of Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya: The Museum, 1942-[1960] url p. 161.
• Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnson; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf. London: Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 801, p. 801.
• Liberia, by Sir Harry Johnston. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith, 402 black and white il London, Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 801.
• Notes on the birds of Damara Land and the adjacent countries of South-west Africa. Arranged and edited by John Henry Gurney, with some additional notes by the editor and an introductory chapter containing a sketch of the author's life, abridged from the original published in Sweden. London, J. van Voorst, 1872. url p. 120.
• Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology / edited by R.V. Melville and J.D.D. Smith. London: ICZN, 1987. url p. 250.
• Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. London, Printed by order of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 503.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 603.
• Savage Sudan; its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life, by Abel Chapman. .. With 248 illustrations, chiefly from rough sketches by the author. London [etc.]: Gurney and Jackson, 1921. url p. 255.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 131 1958 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 32.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 426.
• The birds of South Africa / by Edgar Leopold Layard. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1875-1884. url p. 207, p. 208.
• The birds of South Africa, London, R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url .
• The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 197, p. 197.
• The history of the collections contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London, 1906. url p. 428.
• The natural history of South Africa. by F.W. Fitzsimons. London, New York [etc.]Longmans, Green and co., 1923. url p. 229.
• The scurrying bush, by R.C.H. Sweeney. New York, Pantheon Books, [c1965] url p. 205, p. 208.
• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 258, p. 388, p. 550.
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 346.
• With flashlight and rifle, a record of hunting adventures and of studies in wildlife in Equatorial East-Africa. Translated by Frederic Whyte. Introduction by Sir H.H. Johnston. London, Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 778.
• With flashlight and rifle: a record of hunting adventures and of studies in wild life in equatorial East Africa / by C. G. Schillings; translated by Frederic Whyte; with an introduction by Sir H. H. Johnston. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1906. url p. 778.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5440
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562631
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562631
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146325

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,144.040 meters (3,753.412 feet), Standard Deviation = 506.330 based on 1,299 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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