Black-crested Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Black-crested Bulbul

Rubigula flaviventris

黑冠鹎 (hēi guàn bēi) / 黑冠黄鹎 (hēi guàn huáng bēi)

    Malay : Merbah Kunyit Jambul Biasa

    Japanese : エボシヒヨドリ (eboshi hiyo-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 烏帽子鵯

Taxonomy update for 2018

Black-crested Bulbul : Pycnonotus flaviventris ➜ Rubigula flaviventris

    Size : 18·5–19·5 cm, Male 30–34 g, Female 28–31 g

    

    Subspecies (8) and Distribution

• Rubigula flaviventris flaviventris (Tickell, SR 1833)
  – Himalayas (Punjab) to ne India, n Myanmar and sw China.
• Rubigula flaviventris vantynei (Deignan, HG 1948)
  – S Myanmar to n Thailand, n Laos, Tonkin and n Annam.
• Rubigula flaviventris xanthops (Deignan, HG 1948)
  – SE Myanmar to n Thailand.
• Rubigula flaviventris aurata (Deignan, HG 1948)
  – N plateau of ne Thailand and adjacent w Laos.
• Rubigula flaviventris johnsoni (Gyldenstolpe, NCGF 1913)
  – S plateau of Thailand to s Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
• Rubigula flaviventris elbeli (Deignan, HG 1954)
  – Islets off coast of se Thailand.
• Rubigula flaviventris negata (Deignan, HG 1954)
  – S Myanmar and adjacent sw Thailand.
• Rubigula flaviventris caecilii (Deignan, HG 1948)
  – N Malay Peninsula.

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Daerah Bentong, Pahang