Obi Golden-Bulbul / Alophoixus lucasi

Obi Golden-Bulbul / Alophoixus lucasi

Obi Golden-Bulbul

SCI Name:  Alophoixus lucasi
Protonym:  Criniger lucasi Novit.Zool. 10 no.1 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae /
Taxonomy Code:  obigob1
Type Locality:  Obi, North Moluccas.
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Publish Year:  1903
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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.

lucasi
● Dr Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852-1929) US zoologist, anatomist, taxidermist (DendragapusMancalla).
● W. Lucas (d. 1909) Belgian zoologist, collector in the East Indies (Thapsinillas).