Brachypodius
The genus Brachypodius is a small genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. Taxonomy. The genus "Brachypodius" was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the black-headed bulbul. The word "Brachypodius" combines the Ancient Greek "brakhus" meaning "short" with "pous, podos" meaning "foot". A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbul family published in 2017 found that "Pycnonotus" was polyphyletic. In the revision to create monophyletic genera "Brachypodius" was resurrected to contain four species that were previously placed in "Pycnonotus". The genus contains four species: