Yellow-wattled Bulbul

SCI Name:  Brachypodius urostictus
Protonym:  Brachypus urostictus AttiR.Accad.Sci.Torino 5 p.509
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Brachypodius
Taxonomy Code:  yewbul1
Type Locality:  Philippine Islands; type locality inferentially restricted to Luzon, bv Hachisuka, 1935, Birds Philippine Is., pt. 4, p. 388.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1870
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BRACHYPODIUS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Black-headed Bulbul B. atriceps) Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; ποδιον podion  little foot  < dim. πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "the species has a good deal the character of an Alcippe  ...  excepting in its very small tarsi and toes" (Blyth 1845); "there remains that of Lanius melanocephalus, Gm., and its congeners, for which I can find no appellation, and shall therefore designate Brachypodius.  ...   Brachypodius, nobis.    1. Br. entilotus [sic], (Jardine and Selby), Ill. Orn., 2nd series. (Non vidi.) Hab. Malacca.   2. Br. poiocephalus, (Jerdon). Southern India.   3. Br. melanocephalus, (Gmelin): Turdoides atriceps, Temminck. Malay countries, extending northwards to Arracan and Tipperah.   4. Br. cinereoventris, Nobis.  ...  Inhabits Tipperah.   5. Br. tristis, nobis.  ...  inhabits Penang.  ...  6? Br.? criniger, A. Hay.  ...  Inhabits Malacca." (Blyth 1845); "Brachypodius Blyth, 1845, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 576. Type, by original designation, Lanius melanocephalos Gmelin [1788, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, p. 309 ( not Lanius melanocephalos Gmelin 1788, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 1, p. 301) = Turdus atriceps Temminck 1822]." (Deignan in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 227).
Synon. Brachypus, Micropus, Prosecusa.

urostictus
Gr. ουρα oura  tail; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-wattled Bulbul (ilokensis)
SCI Name: Brachypodius urostictus ilokensis
ilokensis
Hilagang Ilokos Province (= Ilocos Norte), Luzon, Philippines.

Yellow-wattled Bulbul (urostictus)
SCI Name: Brachypodius urostictus urostictus
urostictus
Gr. ουρα oura  tail; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

Yellow-wattled Bulbul (atricaudatus)
SCI Name: Brachypodius urostictus atricaudatus
atricaudatus
L. ater black; caudatus tailed < cauda tail.

Yellow-wattled Bulbul (philippensis)
SCI Name: Brachypodius urostictus philippensis
philippense / philippensis
Philippine Is. (Felipina, an early name (1543) given to the island of Leyte in honour of the Infante Felipe (Philip) of Spain, later Philip II (1527–1598: reigned 1556–1598)).
● ex “Rubetra philippensis major” of Brisson 1760, “Grand traquet des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Traquet de Manille” of Salerne 1767 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Rasle rayé des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Hypotaenidia).
● ex “Petite Grive des Philippines” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Ixos philippinus).
● ex “Perruche des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 520 (Loriculus).
● ex “Bucco philippensis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Megalaima haemacephala).
● (Statius Müller 1776) ex “Merle solitaire des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 339 (subsp. Monticola solitarius).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle solitaire des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 339 (syn. Monticola solitarius philippensis).
● ex “Pélican des Philippines” of Brisson 1760, and “Philippine Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Pelecanus).
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 89 (syn. Pitta sordida).
● Erroneous TL. Philippine Is. (= Cayenne); ex “Cancrophagus philippensis” of Brisson 1760, “Crabier des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 898, “Petit Crabier” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Philippine Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Zebrilus undulatus).
● ex “Moucherolle des Philippines” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Philippine Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Yellow-wattled Bulbul (basilanicus)
SCI Name: Brachypodius urostictus basilanicus
basilanica / basilanicus
Basilan, Philippines.