Sjöstedt's greenbul

Sjöstedt's greenbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Baeopogon
Species: B. clamans
Binomial name
Baeopogon clamans
(Sjöstedt, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Xenocichla clamans

Sjöstedt's greenbul (Baeopogon clamans) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa.

Taxonomy and systematics

Sjöstedt's greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda), then re-classified to Baeopogon. The common name commemorates the Swedish ornithologist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt.[2] Alternate names for Sjöstedt's greenbul include Sjöstedt's bulbul, Sjöstedt's honeyguide bulbul, Sjöstedt's honeyguide greenbul, Sjöstedt's white-tailed greenbul and white-tailed greenbul. The latter alternate name is also used by the honeyguide greenbul and the swamp palm bulbul.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found from south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon to Central African Republic and extreme north-western Angola; central and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Baeopogon clamans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22712841A94350903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712841A94350903.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 313.
  3. ↑ "Baeopogon clamans - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-11.


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