Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (4)
Lincoln Fishpool and Joseph A. Tobias
Version: 1.2 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | bulbul capnegre |
Chinese (SIM) | 黑头鹎 |
Dutch | Zwartkopbuulbuul |
English | Black-headed Bulbul |
English (United States) | Black-headed Bulbul |
French | Bulbul cap-nègre |
French (France) | Bulbul cap-nègre |
German | Schwarzkopfbülbül |
Indonesian | Cucak kuricang |
Japanese | ズグロヒヨドリ |
Norwegian | svarthodebylbyl |
Polish | bilbil czarnogłowy |
Russian | Черноголовый бюльбюль |
Serbian | Crnoglavi bulbul |
Slovak | bylbyl čiernohlavý |
Spanish | Bulbul Cabecinegro |
Spanish (Spain) | Bulbul cabecinegro |
Swedish | svarthuvad bulbyl |
Thai | นกปรอดทอง |
Turkish | Kara Başlı Arapbülbülü |
Ukrainian | Бюльбюль чорноголовий |
Revision Notes
Leo Gilman prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Microtarsus melanocephalos (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Lanius melanocephalos
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p. 309.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sandwich Islands, error; type locality corrected to Sumatra, by Oberholser, 1912, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 60, no. 7, p. 10, footnote 1.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MICROTARSUS
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
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Distribution of the Black-headed Bulbul