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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 6,360,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

Taxonomy update for 2018

Black-crested Bulbul : Pycnonotus flaviventris ➜ Rubigula flaviventris

    Size : 18·5–19·5 cm; male 30–34g, female 28–31 g
    

    Subspecies (8) and Distribution

• Rubigula flaviventris flaviventris (Tickell, SR 1833, Dampara, Singhbhum District, Bihar)
  – N, NE and E India (Himalayan foothills E from Himachal Pradesh, S to Meghalaya, also hills of Madhya Pradesh, also Eastern Ghats from Odisha S to Andhra Pradesh), Nepal, E Bangladesh, N, C and W Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
• Rubigula flaviventris vantynei (Deignan, HG 1948, Phongtho [lat. 22° 32' N., long. 103° 20' E.], Tonkin)
  – E Myanmar and NW and NE Thailand E to S China (S Yunnan, S Guangxi) and N Indochina.
• Rubigula flaviventris xanthops (Deignan, HG 1948, Ban Mae [18°40'N., 98° 50' E.], Thailand)
  – SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and W Thailand.
• Rubigula flaviventris aurata (Deignan, HG 1948, Muang Lom Sak [lat. 16° 45' N., long. 101° 10' E.], Thailand)
  – NE Thailand and C Laos.
• Rubigula flaviventris johnsoni (Gyldenstolpe, NCGF 1913, Near Ban Chakkrarat [lat. 15° 00' N., long. 102° 25' E.], Thailand)
  – C, NE and SE Thailand and S Indochina. Recorded also in S China (W Guangxi).
• Rubigula flaviventris elbeli (Deignan, HG 1954, Ko Kut [lat. 11° 40' N., long. 102° 35' E.], Thailand)
  – Gulf of Thailand islands (at least Ko Kut, Ko Chang).
• Rubigula flaviventris negata (Deignan, HG 1954, Ban Hin Laem [14°40'N., 98° 40' E.], Thailand)
  – S Myanmar (C Tenasserim) and SW Thailand (valley of R Mae Klong).
• Rubigula flaviventris caecilii (Deignan, HG 1948, Trang Province [ca. lats. 7°-8° N.], Thailand)
  – extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), SE and SW Thailand and N Peninsular Malaysia.

Distribution Map

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Mukim Bentong, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Mukim Bentong, Daerah Bentong, Pahang

Rubigula flaviventris ssp. caecilii
Date : 25 May 2016

Location : Berjaya Hills, Mukim Bentong, Daerah Bentong, Pahang