Yellow-streaked greenbul
| Yellow-streaked greenbul | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Phyllastrephus |
| Species: | P. flavostriatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllastrephus flavostriatus (Sharpe, 1876) | |
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The yellow-streaked greenbul or yellow-streaked bulbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The yellow-streaked greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus. Additionally, some authorities have considered Sharpe's greenbul to also be a subspecies of the yellow-streaked greenbul. Alternate names for the yellow-streaked greenbul include the yellow-streaked bulbul and yellow-bellied greenbul.
Subspecies
Seven subspecies are recognized:[2]
- P. f. graueri - Neumann, 1908: Originally described as a separate species. Found in the highlands near Lake Albert, Lake Edward and Lake Kivu (eastern and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Kivu olive greenbul (P. f. olivaceogriseus) - Reichenow, 1908: Originally described as a separate species. Found in the Rwenzori Mountains, Itombwe Mountains and Mt. Kabobo (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), western Uganda, western Rwanda and northern Burundi
- P. f. kungwensis - Moreau, 1941: Found in western Tanzania
- P. f. uzungwensis - Jensen & Stuart, 1982: Found in the Udzungwa Mountains (eastern Tanzania)
- P. f. tenuirostris - (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884): Originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda). Found in south-eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania and north-eastern Mozambique
- P. f. vincenti - Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1940: Found in south-eastern Malawi and western Mozambique
- South African yellow-streaked greenbul (P. f. flavostriatus) - (Sharpe, 1876): Originally described in the genus Andropadus. Found in eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllastrephus flavostriatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
External links
- (Yellow-streaked greenbul = ) Yellow-streaked bulbul - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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