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Phyllastrephus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Phyllastrephus

Higher classification
  
Bulbul

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Pycnonotidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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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