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Rubigula
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Rubigula is a genus of Asian passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyPycnonotidae

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Rubigula
taxon author citation
Blyth, 1845
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Rubigula
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Rubigula is a genus of Asian passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

==Taxonomy== The genus Rubigula was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. The type species was designated as the ruby-throated bulbul by George Robert Gray in 1855. The name combines the Medieval Latin rubinus meaning "ruby" with Latin gula meaning "throat".

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