Greenbul

Family of birds

Greenbuls

Sombre greenbul Andropadus importunus
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Pycnonotidae (partim)

Genera

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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.

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]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 16750401.

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