Grey-olive greenbul

Grey-olive greenbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Phyllastrephus
Species: P. cerviniventris
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Shelley, 1894

The grey-olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • P. c. schoutedeni - Prigogine, 1969: Found from central Kenya to central Mozambique, Zambia and eastern Angola
  • P. c. cerviniventris - Shelley, 1894: Found in Katanga (south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllastrephus cerviniventris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22712919A94354555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712919A94354555.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.


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