The greenbuls are a group of birds within the bulbul family Pycnonotidae, found only within Africa. They are all largely drab olive-green above, and paler below, with few distinguishing features.
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| Sombre greenbul Andropadus importunus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
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The "aberrant greenbuls" of the genera Bernieria and Xanthomixis are actually Malagasy warblers.[1] To recognize this, they are also called bernieria and tetrakas rather than greenbuls. Likewise, the golden greenbul is not a typical greenbul, but apparently the representative of a distinct and ancient lineage of bulbuls, which might include the black-collared bulbul.[2] A few species within some of the genera in this group are called brownbuls or leafloves.
- Genus Phyllastrephus
- Grey-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris)
- Pale-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus fulviventris)
- Baumann's olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus baumanni)
- Toro olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus hypochloris)
- Sassi's olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus lorenzi)
- Fischer's greenbul (Phyllastrephus fischeri)
- Cabanis's greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
- Placid greenbul (Phyllastrephus placidus)
- Cameroon olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis)
- Icterine greenbul (Phyllastrephus icterinus)
- Xavier's greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
- White-throated greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis)
- Yellow-streaked greenbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus)
- Sharpe's greenbul (Phyllastrephus alfredi)
- Grey-headed greenbul (Phyllastrephus poliocephalus)
- Lowland tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis)
- Montane tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
- Genus Arizelocichla
- Shelley's greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
- Kakamega greenbul (Arizelocichla kakamegae)
- Cameroon greenbul (Arizelocichla montana)
- Western greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema)
- Olive-breasted greenbul (Arizelocichla kikuyuensis)
- Mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
- Uluguru greenbul (Arizelocichla neumanni)
- Black-browed greenbul (Arizelocichla fusciceps)
- Yellow-throated greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula)
- Stripe-cheeked greenbul (Arizelocichla milanjensis)
- Olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla olivaceiceps)
- Stripe-faced greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies)
- Genus Eurillas
- Little greenbul (Eurillas virens)
- Little grey greenbul (Eurillas gracilis)
- Ansorge's greenbul (Eurillas ansorgei)
- Plain greenbul (Eurillas curvirostris)
- Yellow-whiskered greenbul (Eurillas latirostris)
- Genus Stelgidillas
- Slender-billed greenbul (Stelgidillas gracilirostris)
- Genus Andropadus
- Sombre greenbul (Andropadus importunus)
- Genus Criniger
- Western bearded greenbul (Criniger barbatus)
- Eastern bearded greenbul (Criniger chloronotus)
- Red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus)
- White-bearded greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)
- Yellow-bearded greenbul (Criniger olivaceus)
- Genus Thescelocichla
- Swamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura)
- Genus Chlorocichla
- Joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)
- Prigogine's greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)
- Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
- Falkenstein's greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)
- Simple greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)
- Genus Ixonotus - tentatively placed here
- Spotted greenbul (Ixonotus guttatus)
- Genus Baeopogon
- Honeyguide greenbul (Baeopogon indicator)
- Sjöstedt's greenbul (Baeopogon clamans)
- Genus Calyptocichla - not a typical bulbul
- Golden greenbul (Calyptocichla serinus)
References
edit- ^ Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Pasquet, Eric (2001). "An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data" (PDF). Evolution. 55 (6): 1198–1206. doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1198:AEROMS]2.0.CO;2. PMID 11475055. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-21 – via Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
- ^ Moyle, Robert G.; Marks, Ben D. (2006-09-01). "Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (3): 687–695. Bibcode:2006MolPE..40..687M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16750401.
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