Hemixos Flavala Bird

English Name:  Ashy Bulbul
Latin Name:  Hemixos flavala
Protonym:  H[emixos]. flavala J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 p.572
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Hemixos
Taxonomy Code:  ashbul1
Type Locality:  Nepal, ex Hodgson.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HEMIXOS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Ashy Bulbul H. flavala) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, akin to  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Hemixos, Hodgson, n. g.   ...   H. flavala, mihi.   ...    “This type," remarks Mr Hodgson, "is compounded of the characters of Hypsipetes and of those of the Boulbouls [Ixos], between which it claims a place.  Its manners, like its form are intermediate.  It feeds mostly on pulpy berries, but likewise takes soft and imperfect insects."” (Blyth 1845); "The genus Hemixus, of which H. flavala is the type, contains five Indian species closely related to each other." (Oates 1889); "Hemixos "Hodgson" Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 572.  Type, by original designation." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 282).
Var. Flemixus, Hemixus, Itemixus.

flavala / flavalus
L. flavus yellow; ala wing.

SUBSPECIES

Ashy Bulbul (Ashy)
Latin Name: Hemixos flavala [flavala Group]
HEMIXOS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Ashy Bulbul H. flavala) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, akin to  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Hemixos, Hodgson, n. g.   ...   H. flavala, mihi.   ...    “This type," remarks Mr Hodgson, "is compounded of the characters of Hypsipetes and of those of the Boulbouls [Ixos], between which it claims a place.  Its manners, like its form are intermediate.  It feeds mostly on pulpy berries, but likewise takes soft and imperfect insects."” (Blyth 1845); "The genus Hemixus, of which H. flavala is the type, contains five Indian species closely related to each other." (Oates 1889); "Hemixos "Hodgson" Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 572.  Type, by original designation." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 282).
Var. Flemixus, Hemixus, Itemixus.

Ashy Bulbul (Brown-backed)
Latin Name: Hemixos flavala remotus
remota / remotum / remotus
L. remotus  distant, remote  < removere  to put away.