The terrestrial brownbul (''Phyllastrephus terrestris'') is a species of

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in the

bulbul The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropic ...

family,

Pycnonotidae The bulbuls are members of a family (biology), family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized perching bird, passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and in ...

. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural

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s are

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subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Description TSMF is generally found in large ...

, and

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Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the terrestrial brownbul include the bristle-necked brownbul, brownbul, scrub bulbul and terrestrial bulbul.

Subspecies

Four

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are recognized: * Nyasa terrestrial brownbul (''P. t. suahelicus'') - Reichenow, 1904: Found from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique * ''P. t. intermedius'' - Gunning & Roberts, 1911: Found in southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique & adjacent eastern South Africa * ''P. t. rhodesiae'' - Roberts, 1917: Found from south-western Angola, Zambia, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south-western Tanzania to northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe and north-eastern Mozambique * ''P. t. terrestris'' - Swainson, 1837: Found in eastern and southern South Africa

References

External links

* (Terrestrial brownbul =) Terrestrial bulbul
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Pycnonotidae Phyllastrephus Birds of East Africa Birds described in 1837 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Pycnonotidae-stub