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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Howard King" data-source="post: 1386576" data-attributes="member: 28628">I also would be interested to read this - the split could/might well be justified - Here in Bahrain the importation of Bulbuls from the Indian Sub-continent is now forbidden as authorities here fear cross breeding within our local resident White-cheeked should they escape. Trading links however between Bahrain (ancient Dilmun) and the Indian Sub-continent are as old as recorded history and it is highly likely that our White-cheeked were introduced, many millennia ago, as has been proven through archaeological digs for the Indian Mongoose. As the national bird of Bahrain the usage of the English name White-cheeked Bulbul here regardless of any future splits will remain I am sure embedded in local culture. The same already applies to Houbara Bustard NO Arab in this part of the world; the origin and home of the word Houbara would say that he was out with his Falcons chasing a Macqueen’s. Some criteria needs to be established to determine the local English name after a justifiable scientific splitting of a species.</blockquote>