Hypsipetes Amaurotis Bird

English Name:  Brown-eared Bulbul
Latin Name:  Hypsipetes amaurotis
Protonym:  Turdus amaurotis Pl.Col. livr.84 pl.497
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hypsipetes
Taxonomy Code:  brebul1
Type Locality:  Japan.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1830
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HYPSIPETES
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Black Bulbul H. leucocephalus psaroides) Gr. ὑψιπετης hupsipetēs  high-flying, soaring  < πετομαι petomai  to fly; "Another interesting modification of form was exhibited among the Shrikes, in which the forked tail, acuminated wing, and short and feeble legs of the birds allied to Dicrurus appeared united to the head and bill of some of the Stares, particularly the genus Pastor.  Mr. Vigors characterized the form under the generic name of HYPSIPETES.   Rostrum subelongatum, debile, parum curvatum, apice leviter emarginatum; naribus basalibus, lateralibus, longitudinalibus, membrana partim clausis; rictus setis paucis, parum rigidis.   Alæ subelongatæ, subacuminatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda longiori septimæ æquali, tertia et sexta æqualibus, quarta et quinta æqualibus longissimis.  Pedes brevissimi, debiliores; acrotarsiis scutellatis.  Cauda subelongata, forficata, rectricibus extrorsum spectantibus.   HYPSIPETES PSAROÏDES." (Vigors 1831); "Hypsipetes psaroides  ...  This bird is social, fearless, very noisy, and chiefly found near the tops of high trees." (Oates 1889); "Hypsipetes Vigors, 1831, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1 (1830-1831), p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Hypsipetes psaroides Vigors. Not preoccupied by Ypsipetes Stephens, 1829." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 282).   
Var. Hypsepetes, Hysioetes.   
Synon. Anepsia, Galgulus, Haringtonia, Ixocincla, Microscelis, Orpheus.

amaurotis
Gr. αμαυρος amauros  dark; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear. 

SUBSPECIES

Brown-eared Bulbul (hensoni)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis hensoni
hensoni
Harry Vernon Henson (1863-1946) English businessman in Japan, collector (syn. Hypsipetes amaurotis, subsp. Poecile palustris).

Brown-eared Bulbul (matchiae)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis matchiae
matchiae / matchie
Matchi Momiyama (fl. 1900) mother of Japanese ornithologist Toku Taro Momiyama (subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis).

Brown-eared Bulbul (amaurotis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis amaurotis
amaurotis
Gr. αμαυρος amauros  dark; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear. 

Brown-eared Bulbul (squamiceps)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis squamiceps
squamiceps
L. squama  scale; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.

Brown-eared Bulbul (magnirostris)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis magnirostris
magnirostre / magnirostris
L. magnus  great; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (Galerida).
● ex “Épervier à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 464, and “Great-billed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Rupornis).

Brown-eared Bulbul (borodinonis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis borodinonis
borodinonis
Borodino Is. (= Daito Is.), Japan.

Brown-eared Bulbul (ogawae)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis ogawae
ogawae / ogawai
Dr Minori Ogawa (1876-1908) Japanese ornithologist (subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis, syn. Parus minor, subsp. Troglodytes troglodytes).

Brown-eared Bulbul (pryeri)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis pryeri
pryeri
● William Burgess Pryer (1843-1899) British colonial administrator, founder of Sandakan 1879, Resident in North Borneo 1882 (syn. Dicaeum cruentatum nigrimentum).
● Henry James Stovin Pryer (1850-1888) British entomologist, businessman, collector in Japan (subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis, Locustella, subsp. Otus bakkamoena).

Brown-eared Bulbul (insignis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis insignis
insignis
L. insignis  extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large)  < in   towards; signum  mark.

Brown-eared Bulbul (stejnegeri)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri
stejnegeri
Dr Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943) Norwegian zoologist resident in USA 1881-1943, Curator Smithsonian Institution 1884-1943 (‡Akialoa, subsp. Anthus gustavi, subsp. Columba janthina, subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, syn. Hemignathus kauaiensis, subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis, Melanitta, syn. Parus major nigriloris, subsp. Saxicola torquatus, syn. Spindalis zena, subsp. Spinus xanthogastrus, subsp. Zosterops japonicus).

Brown-eared Bulbul (harterti)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis harterti
harterti / hartertiana / hartertianus
Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist, collector, Curator of Rothschild Mus., Tring (syn. Acestrura berlepschi, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, subsp. Alauda arvensis, syn. Aplonis opaca kurodai, subsp. Arses telescopthalmus, syn. Artamus leucoryn leucopygialis, Asthenes, Batrachostomus, syn. Brachypteryx leucophrys carolinae, subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus, subsp. Buteo buteo, Camaroptera, subsp. Campylorhynchus albobrunneus, syn. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Chalcites lucidus, syn. Chlorocichla simplex, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Circus aeruginosus, syn. Cisticola juncidis, syn. Columba delegorguei sharpei, subsp. Crypturellus soui, syn. Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae, syn. Cyornis unicolor cyanopolia, subsp. Dendrocopos major, subsp. Dicrurus macrocercus, syn. Dryobates minor colchicus, syn. Dyaphorophyia concreta graueri, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Entomyzon cyanotis, syn. Eophona migratoria sowerbyi, subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus, subsp. Eumyias panayensis, syn. Eurostopodus argus, Eurylaimus, syn. Falco peregrinus calidus, Ficedula, subsp. Fringilla coelebs, syn. Galerida theklae ruficolor, syn. Geospiza fuliginosa, subsp. Heleia superciliaris, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Hieraaetus pennatus, syn. Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri, syn. Icterus icterus, subsp. Illadopsis turdina, syn. Jynx torquilla sarudnyi, syn. Lagonosticta nitidula, subsp. Linaria cannabina, syn. Lullula arborea pallida, subsp. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus, subsp. Malacocincla sepiaria, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, syn. Metallura tyrianthina oreopola, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Monarcha cinerascens, subsp. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri, subsp. Myrmecocichla arnotti, subsp. Myzomela obscura, syn. Ochrospiza dorsostriata maculicollis, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, syn. Phylloscopus orientalis, syn. Phylloscopus reguloides assamensis, Phlogophilus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, subsp. Picumnus olivaceus, subsp. Pittasoma rufopileatum, subsp. Pnoepyga pusilla, syn. Poephila personata, subsp. Prionops caniceps, subsp. Psittacella brehmii, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, syn. Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor, syn. Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri, syn. Rhipidura rufifrons granti, subsp. Rhodinocichla rosea, syn. Rhyticeros plicatus, syn. Scotocerca inquieta, subsp. Sericornis frontalis, syn. Sitta europaea roseilia, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, syn. Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Tarphonomus, subsp. Terpsiphone viridis, Thapsinillas, syn. Treron curvirostra, syn. Vanellus miles, syn. Yuhina flavicollis rouxi, subsp. Zosterops citrinella, syn. Zosterops japonicus simplex).

Brown-eared Bulbul (batanensis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis batanensis
batanensis
Batán I., Luzon, Philippines.

Brown-eared Bulbul (fugensis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis fugensis
fugensis
Fuga I., Babuyán Is., Philippines.

Brown-eared Bulbul (camiguinensis)
Latin Name: Hypsipetes amaurotis camiguinensis
camiguinensis
Camiguín I., Babuyán Is., Cagayan Province, Philippines.