Scaly-breasted Bulbul

SCI Name:  Rubigula squamata
Protonym:  Ixos squamatus Pl.Col. livr.76 pl.453 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Rubigula
Taxonomy Code:  scbbul1
Type Locality:  Java; type specimen probably from Bantam, fide Finsch, 1905, Notes Leyden Mus., 25, p. 98, footnote 1.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1828
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

Rubigula
(syn. Pycnonotus Ϯ Ruby-throated Bulbul P. dispar) Med. L. rubinus  ruby  < L. rubeus  red  < ruber  red; L. gula  throat; "Br. gularis would seem to be a true congener of Br. dispar, (Horsf.,) Sw.  To the type of the two latter species, I shall now provisionally give the name Rubigula   ...   Rubigula, nobis.  There is unfortunately no specimen in the museum from which I can define this group, but of the present series it makes the nearest approach to Pycnonotus, and has the rump uniformly coloured with the back, and a subquadrate tail, unlike the next form [Brachypodius]. The species (at least in the male sex) are remarkable for the brilliant ruby, or sometimes orange-ruby, hue of the throat, the feathers of which are rigid and glistening. Three species would appear to have been ascertained.   1. R. dispar, (Horsfield), Lin. Tr. XIII, 150. Malay countries.   2. R. gularis, (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 186; Brachypus rubineus, Jerdon. Southern India.   3. R. ——, (Temminck), p. c. 382, fig. 2, as noticed in Griffith's 'Animal Kingdom,' VI, 390. Java." (Blyth 1845); "Rubigula Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 576. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus dispar Horsfield. (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 47.)" (Deignan in Peters 1960, IX, 223).

squamata
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
● ex “Lori de Guéby” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 684, “Lori rouge et violet” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Gueby Lory” of Latham 1781 (Eos).

SUBSPECIES

Scaly-breasted Bulbul (webberi)
SCI Name: Rubigula squamata webberi
webberi
Capt. Johann Weber (fl. 1879) collector in Peninsula Siam/Thailand (subsp. Pycnonotus squamatus).

Scaly-breasted Bulbul (squamata)
SCI Name: Rubigula squamata squamata
squamata
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
● ex “Lori de Guéby” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 684, “Lori rouge et violet” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Gueby Lory” of Latham 1781 (Eos).

Scaly-breasted Bulbul (borneensis)
SCI Name: Rubigula squamata borneensis
bornea / borneana / borneanum / borneanus / borneense / borneensis / bornensis / borneoensis / borneonense / borneonensis / borneus
Borneo  < Malay Brunei  the Barunai or Brunei Sultanate, wealthy, powerful and more extensive in the 15th century  < Sanskrit Váruna  water, rain.
● Erroneous TL. Borneo (= Amboina); "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  borneus.  6. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus rectricibusque apice viridibus, alis macula cærulea.  Psittacus coccineus, cauda longiore. Edw. av. 173. t. 173.  Habitat in India: Borneo." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eos). This name, albeit erroneous, is the fourth toponym in avian nomenclature.