Swamp Palm Bulbul | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Thescelocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
Species: | T. leucopleura |
Binomial name | |
Thescelocichla leucopleura (Cassin, 1856) |
The Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), also known as the Swamp Greenbul, is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Thescelocichla.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.