Phyllastrephus

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Phyllastrephus Higher classification Bulbul Order Passerine		Family Pycnonotidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Terrestrial brownbul, Yellow‑streaked greenbul, Cabanis's greenbul, Icterine greenbul, White‑throated greenbul

Phyllastrephus is a songbird genus in the family Pycnonotidae. They make up the typical greenbuls, though two are named brownbuls, and one is a leaflove.

This genus contains the following species:

Red-tailed leaflove, Phyllastrephus scandens

Cabanis's greenbul, Phyllastrephus cabanisi

Fischer's greenbul, Phyllastrephus fischeri

Terrestrial brownbul, Phyllastrephus terrestris

Northern brownbul, Phyllastrephus strepitans

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

Grey-headed greenbul, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus

Yellow-streaked greenbul, Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

Lowland tiny greenbul, Phyllastrephus debilis

Montane tiny greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigula

White-throated greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigularis

Icterine greenbul, Phyllastrephus icterinus

Sassi's olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus lorenzi

Liberian greenbul, Phyllastrephus leucolepis

Xavier's greenbul, Phyllastrephus xavieri

Several species from Madagascar that were formerly placed here are now separated in Bernieria and Xanthomixis. Commonly called the Bernieria and the tetrakas, they are not bulbuls but Malagasy warblers similar to greenbuls due to convergent evolution.

References

Phyllastrephus Wikipedia

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