Sangihe golden bulbul explained

The Sangihe golden bulbul (Hypsipetes platenae) is a species of passerine bird in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. It is endemic to the Sangihe Islands which lie northeast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

The Sangihe golden bulbul was formally described in 1888 by the German ornithologist Wilhelm Blasius from a specimen collected by Margarete and Carl Platen on Sangir Island, north of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Blaisius placed the species in the genus Criniger and coined the binomial name Criniger platenae.^{[1] [2] [3]} The specific epithet was chosen to honour the Platens.^[4] By publishing scientific names in a daily newspaper, the Braunschweigische Anzeiger, Blasius was able to get his new names in print before his main rival Richard Bowdler Sharpe.^{[5] [6]}

The Sangihe golden bulbul was formerly considered as conspecific with the five other bulbuls, all called the northern golden bulbul before they were all split. This bulbul is now placed in the genus Hypsipetes that was introduced in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Blasius . Wilhelm . August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius . 11 January 1888 . German . Title unknown . Braunschweigische Anzeiger . 9 . 86 . Braunschweig, Germany .
2. Anonymous . 1889 . Note: W. Blasius on birds from Great Sanghir . Ibis . 118 .
3. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1960 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 9 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 288 .
4. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 309 .
5. Collar . Nigel J. . 1999 . New species, high standards and the case of Laniarius liberatus . Ibis . 141 . 358-367 [359] . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb04406.x .
6. Blasius . Wilhelm . August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius . 1888 . Letter to the Editor . Ibis . 372–375 .
7. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2023 . Bulbuls . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 24 July 2023.