Pycnonotus Taivanus Bird

Styan\'s Bulbul / Pycnonotus taivanus

Pycnonotus Taivanus Bird

English Name:  Styan's Bulbul
Latin Name:  Pycnonotus taivanus
Protonym:  Pycnonotus taivanus Ibis p.470
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Pycnonotus
Taxonomy Code:  stybul1
Type Locality:  Formosa.
Author:  Styan
Publish Year:  1893
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

PYCNONOTUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Cape Bulbul P. capensis) Gr. πυκνος puknos  thick, compact; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back; alluding to the thickly feathered back of the Cape Bulbul and many other bulbuls; "IX. Fam. Myiotheridae.   ...   Pycnonotus Kuhl: Turdus capensis Lin. Vaill. Afr. pl. 105 u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Pycnonotus "Kuhl" Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 19, p. 973. Type, by monotypy, Turdus capensis Linnaeus." (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 223).  
Var. PychnonotusPicnonotus, Picncnotus.   
Synon. Alcurus, Bonapartia, Bostrycholophus, Brachypus, Centrolophus, Crocopsis, Elathea, Gymnocrotaphus, Haematornis, Hemitarsus, Ixodia, Kelaartia, Loidorusa, Malayornis, Meropixus, Mesolophus, Molpastes, Nok, Oreoctistes, Otocompsa, Pachycephalixus, Phacelias, Rubigula, Sphagias, Squamatornis, Stictognathus, Trachycomus, Xanthixus.

taivana / taivanensis / taivaniana / taivanicus / taivanus / taiwan / taiwana / taiwanensis / taiwanus
Formosa / Taiwan.