Sassi's olive greenbul
| Sassi's olive greenbul | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Phyllastrephus |
| Species: | P. lorenzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllastrephus lorenzi Sassi, 1914 | |
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Sassi's olive greenbul (Phyllastrephus lorenzi), is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found in north-eastern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. While it was formerly assessed as Near threatened and its population is decreasing due to habitat loss, it is now considered a species of Least concern by the IUCN.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
Formerly, some authorities considered Sassi's olive greenbul to be a subspecies of the icterine greenbul.The scientific name commemorates the Austrian zoologist Ludwig Lorenz von Liburnau.[3] Alternate names for Sassi's olive greenbul include Lorenz's greenbul, Sassi's bulbul and Sassi's greenbul.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllastrephus lorenzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Phyllastrephus lorenzi (Sassi's Greenbul, Sassi's Olive Greenbul)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.