Pycnonotus


Pycnonotus is a paraphyletic genus of songbird in the bulbul family.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus Pycnonotus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the Cape bulbul as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
The genus contains the following 50 species:
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species as species within the genus Pycnonotus:
In 2010, eighteen species of greenbuls were reclassified, from either the genus Andropadus or — depending on the authority — from the genus Pycnonotus, as follows: