Description
Family Pycnonotidae
A family of medium-sized frugivorous passerine songbirds. The 130 species reside in Africa and tropical Asia, in tree tops and undergrowth.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
)
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
)
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
)
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
)
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
)
- Family:
Pycnonotidae
(
)
- Bulbuls
- Genus:
Pycnonotus
(
)
- Specific name:
flavescens
- Subspecies:
vividus
- Scientific name: - Pycnonotus flavescens vividus
- Subspecies:
vividus
- Specific name:
flavescens
- Genus:
Pycnonotus
(
- Family:
Pycnonotidae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pycnonotus
There are approximately 142 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. analis · P. ansorgei · P. arsinoe · P. atricapillus · P. atriceps · P. atriceps atriceps · P. atriceps fuscoflavescens · P. aurigaster · P. aurigaster andersoni · P. aurigaster aurigaster · P. aurigaster klossi · P. aurigaster martini · P. aurigaster xanthorrhous · P. barbartus · P. barbatus · P. barbatus arsinoe · P. barbatus barbatus · P. barbatus dodsoni · P. barbatus inornatus · P. barbatus layardi · P. barbatus layardii · P. barbatus ngamii · P. barbatus nigeriae · P. barbatus schoanus · P. barbatus somaliensis · P. barbatus tricolor · P. bimaculatus · P. bimaculatus barat · P. bimaculatus bimaculatus · P. blanfordi · P. blanfordi blanfordi · P. blanfordi conradi · P. brunneus · P. brunneus brunneus · P. cafer (Red-Vented Bulbul) · P. cafer beng · P. cafer bengalensis · P. cafer cafer · P. cafer humayuni · P. cafer intermedius · P. cafer klossi · P. cafer ssp · P. cafer stanfordi · P. cafer wetmorei · P. capensis · P. curvirostris · P. cyaniventris (Grey-Bellied Bulbul) · P. cyaniventris cyaniventris · P. dodsoni · P. erythrophthalmos · P. erythropthalmos · P. erythropthalmos erythropthalmos · P. eutilotus (Puff-Backed Bulbul) · P. finlaysoni · P. finlaysoni eous · P. finlaysoni finlaysoni · P. flavescens · P. flavescens vividus · P. flaviventris · P. gabonensis · P. goiavier (Yellow-Vented Bulbul) · P. goiavier analis · P. goiavier goiavier · P. goiavier gourdini · P. goiavier jambu · P. gracilirostris · P. gracilis · P. gularis · P. importunus · P. jocosus (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. jocosus emeria (Red-Whiskered Bulbul) · P. jocosus fuscicaudatus · P. jocosus jocosus · P. jocosus monticola · P. jocosus pattani · P. jocosus pyrrhotis · P. jocosus whistleri · P. latirostris · P. layardi · P. le ucogenys · P. leucogenys · P. leucogenys leucogenys · P. leucogenys leucotis · P. leucogrammicus · P. leucotis · P. luteolus · P. luteolus insulae · P. luteolus luteolus · P. masukuensis · P. melanicterus · P. melanicterus caecilii · P. melanicterus caecillii · P. melanicterus dispar · P. melanicterus flaviventris · P. melanicterus gularis · P. melanicterus johnsoni · P. melanicterus melanicterus · P. melanicterus montis · P. melanicterus vantynei · P. melanoleucos (Black-And-White Bulbul)
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1709261
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2322285
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2589301
