Black-headed Bulbul
Microtarsus melanocephalos(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Black-headed Bulbul
The Black-headed Bulbul (Microtarsus melanocephalos) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Family
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Bulbul
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Microtarsus melanocephalos melanocephalos
- Microtarsus melanocephalos hyperemnus
- Microtarsus melanocephalos baweanus
- Microtarsus melanocephalos hodiernus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius melanocephalos
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Sandwich Islands, error; type locality corrected to Sumatra, by Oberholser, 1912, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 60, no. 7, p. 10, footnote 1.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.309
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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