Ruby-throated Bulbul (Rubigula dispar)
About the Ruby-throated Bulbul
The ruby-throated bulbul (Rubigula dispar), or yellow bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It was formerly considered conspecific with other Rubigula bulbuls, such as the flame-throated bulbul. It is found on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. The ruby-throated bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus and later moved to genus Pycnonotus. Pycnonotus was found to be polyphyletic in recent molecular phylogenetic studies and five bulbul species, including the ruby-throated bulbul, moved to Rubigula. Until 2008, the ruby-throated bulbul was considered as conspecific with the black-capped, black-crested, flame-throated and Bornean bulbuls, but these are all now treated as distinct. There are two subspecies: Rubigula dispar dispar. Iris yellow. Java, Bali.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Flame-throated BulbulRubigula gularisrecording
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