Green hylia

Green hylia

specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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.

Genera and members of the Cettiidae family

Genera	Pholidornis – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae) Hylia – green hylia (tentatively placed here) Abroscopus – Abroscopus warblers (3 species) Urosphena – stubtails (5 species) Tesia – tesias (5 species) Horornis – (14 species) Cettia – typical bush warblers (4 species) Tickellia – broad-billed warbler Phyllergates - (2 species) Scotocerca - streaked scrub warbler

Abroscopus	Black-faced warbler Rufous-faced warbler Yellow-bellied warbler

Cettia	Bush-warbler Cetti's warbler Chestnut-crowned bush warbler Chestnut-headed tesia Grey-sided bush warbler

Horornis	Aberrant bush warbler Bougainville bush warbler Brown-flanked bush warbler Fiji bush warbler Hume's bush warbler Japanese bush warbler Manchurian bush warbler Palau bush warbler Philippine bush warbler Shade bush warbler Sunda bush warbler Tanimbar bush warbler Yellow-bellied bush warbler

Phyllergates	Mountain tailorbird Rufous-headed tailorbird

Urosphena	Asian stubtail Bornean stubtail Neumann's warbler Pale-footed bush warbler Timor stubtail

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