Alophoixus

Alophoixus is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae found in south-eastern Asia.^[2]

Alophoixus
White-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Passerides
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Alophoixus Oates, 1889
Type species
Ixos phaeocephalus[1] Hartlaub, 1844
Species
see text

Taxonomy and systematics

Hypsipetes   Acritillas Hemixos Ixos Alcurus Iole Alophoixus Tricholestes

Evolutionary relationships based on Fuchs et al., 2018.[3]

Extant species

Up to 2009, all the extant species of the genus Alophoixus were classified within the genus Criniger. Currently, there are eight species recognized:^[4]

• Yellow-bellied bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus)
• Palawan bulbul (Alophoixus frater)
• Grey-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus tephrogenys)
• Penan bulbul (Alophoixus ruficrissus)
• Brown-cheeked bulbul (Alophoixus bres)
• White-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
• Ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus)
• Puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Alophoixus:

• Seram golden bulbul (as Alophoixus affinis)^[5]
• Northern golden bulbul (as Alophoixus longirostris)^[6]
• Sangihe golden bulbul (as Alophoixus platenae)^[7]
• Togian golden bulbul (as Alophoixus aureus)^[8]
• Halmahera golden bulbul (as Alophoixus chloris)^[9]
• Obi golden bulbul (as Alophoixus lucasi)^[10]
• Buru golden bulbul (as Alophoixus mystacalis)^[11]
• Finsch's bulbul (Alophoixus finschii, now Iole finschii)^[4]

References

1. "Pycnonotidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
3. Fuchs, Jérôme; Pasquet, Eric; Stuart, Bryan L; Woxvold, Iain A; Duckworth, J. W; Bowie, Rauri C. K (2018). "Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic Bare-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon with description of a new genus". Ibis. 160 (3): 659. doi:10.1111/ibi.12580.
4. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Pycnonotidae". IOC World Bird List. Version 10.2. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. "Thapsinillas affinis (Seram Golden Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
6. "Thapsinillas longirostris (Sula Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
7. "Thapsinillas platenae (Sangihe Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
8. "Thapsinillas aurea (Togian Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
9. "Thapsinillas chloris (Halmahera Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
10. "Thapsinillas lucasi (Obi Golden-Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
11. "Thapsinillas mysticalis (Buru Golden Bulbul) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-10-17.