Togian Golden-Bulbul Hypsipetes aureus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (17)
- Monotypic
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | bulbul becllarg de les Togian |
Dutch | Alophoixus aureus |
English | Togian Golden-Bulbul |
English (United States) | Togian Golden-Bulbul |
French | Bulbul des Togian |
French (France) | Bulbul des Togian |
German | Togiangoldbülbül |
Indonesian | Brinji-emas togian |
Japanese | トギアンキン'イロヒヨドリ |
Norwegian | togianbylbyl |
Polish | szczeciak złoty |
Slovak | bylbyl zlatobruchý |
Spanish | Bulbul de las Togian |
Spanish (Spain) | Bulbul de las Togian |
Swedish | moluckbulbyl [gruppen aureus] |
Turkish | Togian Altınbülbülü |
Ukrainian | Оливник тогіанський |
Revision Notes
Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Gracey Brouillard copyedited the account.
Hypsipetes aureus (Walden, 1872)
Definitions
- HYPSIPETES
- aureus
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
21–22 cm. The Togian Golden-Bulbul is a large, conspicuous, olive and yellow bulbul with a long bill and weak rictal bristles. The adult has a dark olive green head and upperparts , with a slightly brighter rump and uppertail coverts, a golden yellow throat and underparts , slightly paler lores, and yellow-fringed rectrices. Sexes are alike. Juveniles are overall duller with paler irides.
Systematics History
The Togian Golden-Bulbul was until recently considered conspecific with Sula Golden-Bulbul (Hypsipetes longirostris), but this was split into five species (1) (now six). The present species geographically and morphologically differs from its closest form, Sula Golden-Bulbul, in its notably more golden-yellow underparts (2); its much-reduced yellow fringes on the tips and inner vanes of the rectrices (2); its vague half-wedge yellow lores below a very narrow blackish-brown frontal supercilial line; its notably darker olive-green crown (2); its rump that is a shade yellower and less green (ns[1]); its shorter bill (sample size very small; allow 1); and, its apparently distinctive vocalizations (2).
Subspecies
Distribution
This species is found on Togian Island in the Gulf of Tomini, off Eastern Central Sulawesi.
Habitat
The Togian Golden-Bulbul occurs in primary, secondary, and degraded forests, as well as mixed plantations from sea level to the hills.
Movement
Diet and Foraging
There is no information on diet. It is usually observed in pairs or small groups of fewer than ten individuals.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Its song (xeno-canto: XC89647) is a rapid series of sharp notes followed by a loud jumble of short whistles that accelerate and trail off over the latter half. The song is rendered as didlyDOOdidlyDOOdidlyDOOdoodododo. Its call is a short sharp charp or a repeated nasal single-noted ngaaat uttered in flight.
Breeding
Conservation Status
The Togian Golden-Bulbul is not globally threatened (Least Concern). It is a restricted-range species: confined to a single-island group in the Sulawesi Endemic Bird Area. It is fairly common, known to be in at least Togian Island, Batudaka Island, Malenge Island, and Walea Bahi.