Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of bulbuls (Shakya and Sheldon 2017) recommends that the five species previously lumped as Pycnonotus melanicterus be moved into the genus Rubigula (Blyth, 1845), consequently R. melanictera, R. gularis, R. flaviventris, R. dispar and R. montis (Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International 2019) are accepted.
Pycnonotus melanicterus, P. gularis, P. flaviventris, P. dispar and P. montis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. melanicterus following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.
Shakya, S. B., & Sheldon, F. H. 2017. The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach. Ibis 159(3): 498-509.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common (del Hoyo et al. 2005). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 3.5% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.
Trend justification: .
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Flame-throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/flame-throated-bulbul-rubigula-gularis on 03/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/12/2024.