Greenbul

Greenbuls
Sombre greenbul Andropadus importunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae (partim)
Genera
Andropadus Baeopogon Calyptocichla Chlorocichla Criniger Ixonotus Phyllastrephus Thescelocichla Eurillas Arizelocichla Stelgidillas

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 (Cibois et al. 2001). To recognize this, they are also called Bernieria and tetrakas rather than greenbuls. Likewise, the golden greenbul (Calyptocichla serina) is not a typical greenbul, but apparently the representative of a distinct and ancient lineage of bulbuls, which might include the black-collared bulbul, Neolestes torquatus (Moyle & Marks 2006). A few species within some of the genera in this group are called brownbuls or leafloves.

• Genus Phyllastrephus
  • Cabanis's greenbul, Phyllastrephus cabanisi
  • Fischer's greenbul, Phyllastrephus fischeri
  • Placid greenbul, Phyllastrephus placidus
  • Pale-olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus fulviventris
  • Grey-olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
  • Baumann's olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus baumanni
  • Toro olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus hypochloris
  • Cameroon olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus poensis
  • Sassi's olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus lorenzi
  • Yellow-streaked greenbul, Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
  • Grey-headed greenbul, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
  • Lowland tiny greenbul, Phyllastrephus debilis
  • Montane tiny greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigula
  • White-throated greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigularis
  • Icterine greenbul, Phyllastrephus icterinus
  • Liberian greenbul, Phyllastrephus leucolepis
  • Xavier's greenbul, Phyllastrephus xavieri

• Genus Arizelocichla
  • Cameroon greenbul or Cameroon mountain greenbul, Arizelocichla montana
  • Shelley's greenbul, Arizelocichla masukuensis
  • Mountain greenbul or eastern mountain greenbul, Arizelocichla nigriceps
  • Western greenbul, Arizelocichla tephrolaema
  • Stripe-cheeked greenbul, Arizelocichla milanjensis

• 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
  • Eastern bearded greenbul, Criniger chloronotus
  • Western bearded greenbul, Criniger barbatus
  • White-bearded greenbul, Criniger ndussumensis
  • Red-tailed greenbul, Criniger calurus
  • Yellow-bearded greenbul, Criniger olivaceus

• Genus Thescelocichla
  • Swamp greenbul, Thescelocichla leucopleura

• Genus Chlorocichla
  • Simple greenbul, Chlorocichla simplex
  • Yellow-necked greenbul, Chlorocichla falkensteini
  • Yellow-bellied greenbul, Chlorocichla flaviventris
  • Joyful greenbul, Chlorocichla laetissima
  • Prigogine's greenbul, Chlorocichla prigoginei

• Genus Ixonotus - tentatively placed here
  • Spotted greenbul, Ixonotus guttatus

• Genus Baeopogon
  • Honeyguide greenbul, Baeopogon indicator
  • Sjostedt's greenbul, Baeopogon clamans

References

• Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S. & Pasquet, Eric (2001): An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution 55(6): 1198–1206. DOI:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1198:AEROMS]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext

• Moyle, Robert G. & Marks, Ben D. (2006): Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(3): pp. 687–695. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.015 (HTML abstract)