hairy-backed bulbul
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Hairy-backed Bulbul (13998455950).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Tricholestes
| parent_authority = Salvadori, 1874
| species = criniger
| authority = (Blyth, 1845)
| synonyms = (Genus)
- Myiosobus Reichenow, 1891
(Species)
- Brachypodius criniger Blyth, 1845
- Hypsipetes criniger
- Myiosobus fulvicauda Reichenow, 1891
- Trichophorus minutus Hartlaub, 1853
| range_map = Tricholestes criniger distribution map.png
}}
(Tricholestes criniger) is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is the sole species contained within the monotypic genus Tricholestes.{{Cite journal |author=Steven M. Gregory |year=2000 |title=Nomenclature of the Hypsipetes bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) |journal=Forktail |volume=16 |pages=164–166 |url=http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/16pdfs/Gregory-Bulbuls.pdf |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828051747/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/16pdfs/Gregory-Bulbuls.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-28 }} It is found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The hairy-backed bulbul was originally described in the genus Brachypodius (a synonym for Pycnonotus). Alternatively, some authorities have classified the hairy-backed bulbul in the genera Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger) and Hypsipetes.
=Subspecies=
Three subspecies are currently recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-02}}
- T. c. criniger - (Blyth, 1845): Found on the Malay Peninsula and eastern Sumatra
- T. c. sericeus - (Blyth, 1865): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Criniger. Found on western Sumatra
- T. c. viridis - (Bonaparte, 1854): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Trichophoropsis (a synonym for Setornis). Found on Borneo
Description
The hairy-backed bulbul is a small (16–17 cm long, weigh 12–21 g), relatively quiet bulbul with a slightly rounded tail and strong rictal bristles. It is olive above and yellowish below, with key features including pale yellowish lores and a broad eye ring, a dark rufescent olive-brown cap and neck, olive-rufous uppertail-coverts and upperwings, a bright rufous-brown tail with creamy white tips, a creamy white chin and throat merging into a yellow breast, and hair-like filoplumes on the back (often concealed). It has small, weak legs and feet, a dark brown iris, a light blue-grey bill, and pale greenish-brown legs. Sexes are similar, with females slightly smaller. Juveniles have a grey-brown iris and pale fleshy pink legs. The subspecies sericeus is larger than the nominate form, with duller yellow undertail-coverts; and viridis is similar, but brighter on the upperparts.{{Cite journal |last=Fishpool |first=Lincoln |last2=Tobias |first2=Joseph A. |date=2020 |title=Hairy-backed Bulbul (Tricholestes criniger), version 1.0 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/habbul1/cur/introduction |journal=Birds of the World |language=en |doi=10.2173/bow.habbul1.01species_shared.bow.project_name |issn=2771-3105}}
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