Alophoixus Pallidus Bird

English Name:  Puff-throated Bulbul
Latin Name:  Alophoixus pallidus
Protonym:  Criniger pallidus Ibis p.252
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Alophoixus
Taxonomy Code:  putbul1
Type Locality:  Hainan.
Author:  Swinhoe
Publish Year:  1870
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ALOPHOIXUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Bulbul A. phaeocephalus) Gr. αλοφος alophos  without a crest  < negative prefix α- a- ; λοφος lophos  crest; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Genus ALOPHOIXUS, n. gen.  The bird for which I propose the above generic designation has hitherto been placed with Criniger.  It differs from that genus in entirely wanting a crest, a character of sufficient importance, in my estimation, to warrant its separation from Criniger, in which genus the crest is remarkably long and conspicuous.   268. Alophoixus phæocephalus.  The Crestless White-throated Bulbul." (Oates 1889); "Alophoixus Oates, 1889, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 1, p. 259.  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Ixos phaeocephalus Hartlaub." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 275).
Var. Alophoiscus, Alophoiseus, Alophoixos, Alphoiscus.

pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).

SUBSPECIES

Puff-throated Bulbul (Gray-crowned)
Latin Name: Alophoixus pallidus griseiceps
griseiceps
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Puff-throated Bulbul (Puff-throated)
Latin Name: Alophoixus pallidus [pallidus Group]
ALOPHOIXUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Bulbul A. phaeocephalus) Gr. αλοφος alophos  without a crest  < negative prefix α- a- ; λοφος lophos  crest; genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul; "Genus ALOPHOIXUS, n. gen.  The bird for which I propose the above generic designation has hitherto been placed with Criniger.  It differs from that genus in entirely wanting a crest, a character of sufficient importance, in my estimation, to warrant its separation from Criniger, in which genus the crest is remarkably long and conspicuous.   268. Alophoixus phæocephalus.  The Crestless White-throated Bulbul." (Oates 1889); "Alophoixus Oates, 1889, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 1, p. 259.  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Ixos phaeocephalus Hartlaub." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 275).
Var. Alophoiscus, Alophoiseus, Alophoixos, Alphoiscus.