Green hylia
| Green hylia | |
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| specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
| Family: | see text |
| Genus: | Hylia Cassin, 1859 |
| Species: | H. prasina |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylia prasina (Cassin, 1855) | |
The green hylia (Hylia prasina) is a songbird species traditionally included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but probably belonging to the bush-warbler family (Cettiidae). It is the only member of its genus Hylia.
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, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and moist savanna.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylia prasina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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