Joyful greenbul
Appearance
Joyful greenbul | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Chlorocichla |
Species: | C. laetissima
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Binomial name | |
Chlorocichla laetissima (Sharpe, 1899)
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The joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima) or joyful bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central Africa. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The joyful greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and later re-classified within Chlorocichla.
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies of the joyful greenbul are recognized:[3]
- C. l. laetissima - (Sharpe, 1899): Found from southern Sudan to south-western Kenya and north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- C. l. schoutedeni - Prigogine, 1954: Found in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorocichla laetissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712869A94352468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712869A94352468.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (December 1, 2004). Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. A&C Black. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-0-7136-7347-0.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
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