The greenbuls are a group of birds within the bulbul 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 ...
, found only within Africa. They are all largely drab olive-green above, and paler below, with few distinguishing features.
The "aberrant greenbuls" of the genera ''
Bernieria'' and ''
Xanthomixis'' are actually
Malagasy warblers. To recognize this, they are also called bernieria and tetrakas rather than greenbuls. Likewise, the
golden greenbul is not a typical greenbul, but apparently the representative of a distinct and ancient lineage of bulbuls, which might include the
black-collared bulbul.
A few species within some of the genera in this group are called
brownbuls or
leafloves.
* Genus ''
Phyllastrephus
''Phyllastrephus'' is a songbird genus in the bulbul family (biology), family Pycnonotidae. Most of the species in the genus are Greenbul, typical greenbuls, though two are brownbuls, and one is a leaflove.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus '' ...
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Grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris'')
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Pale-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus fulviventris'')
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Baumann's olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus baumanni'')
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Toro olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus hypochloris'')
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Sassi's olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus lorenzi'')
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Fischer's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus fischeri'')
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Cabanis's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cabanisi'')
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Placid greenbul (''Phyllastrephus placidus'')
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Cameroon olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus poensis'')
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Icterine greenbul
The icterine greenbul (''Phyllastrephus icterinus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.
Taxonomy and systematics
The icterine greenbul was originally described in the ge ...
(''Phyllastrephus icterinus'')
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Xavier's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus xavieri'')
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White-throated greenbul (''Phyllastrephus albigularis'')
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Yellow-streaked greenbul (''Phyllastrephus flavostriatus'')
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Sharpe's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus alfredi'')
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Grey-headed greenbul (''Phyllastrephus poliocephalus'')
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Lowland tiny greenbul (''Phyllastrephus debilis'')
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Montane tiny greenbul (''Phyllastrephus albigula'')
* Genus ''
Arizelocichla
''Arizelocichla'' is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (biology), family (Pycnonotidae). The genus was revived in 2010 when twelve species of bulbuls from the genus ''Andropadus'' were separated and re-classified in the genus ...
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Shelley's greenbul (''Arizelocichla masukuensis'')
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Kakamega greenbul (''Arizelocichla kakamegae'')
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Cameroon greenbul (''Arizelocichla montana'')
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Western greenbul (''Arizelocichla tephrolaema'')
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Olive-breasted greenbul (''Arizelocichla kikuyuensis'')
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Mountain greenbul (''Arizelocichla nigriceps'')
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Uluguru greenbul (''Arizelocichla neumanni'')
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Black-browed greenbul
The black-browed mountain greenbul (''Arizelocichla fusciceps''), formerly the black-browed greenbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Africa from south-western Tanzania to north-eastern Zambia, ...
(''Arizelocichla fusciceps'')
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Yellow-throated greenbul
The yellow-throated mountain greenbul (''Arizelocichla chlorigula''), also known as the yellow-throated greenbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is native to the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania.
Taxonomy and systemati ...
(''Arizelocichla chlorigula'')
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Stripe-cheeked greenbul (''Arizelocichla milanjensis'')
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Olive-headed greenbul (''Arizelocichla olivaceiceps'')
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Stripe-faced greenbul (''Arizelocichla striifacies'')
* Genus ''
Eurillas''
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Little greenbul
The little greenbul (''Eurillas virens'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The little greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Andropadus'' an ...
(''Eurillas virens'')
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Little grey greenbul (''Eurillas gracilis'')
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Ansorge's greenbul (''Eurillas ansorgei'')
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Plain greenbul (''Eurillas curvirostris'')
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Yellow-whiskered greenbul (''Eurillas latirostris'')
* Genus ''
Stelgidillas''
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Slender-billed greenbul (''Stelgidillas gracilirostris'')
* Genus ''
Andropadus
The sombre greenbul (''Andropadus importunus'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is a resident breeder in coastal bush, evergreen forest and dry shrub land in eastern and southern Africa. It is the only member of the genus ...
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Sombre greenbul (''Andropadus importunus'')
* Genus ''
Criniger
''Criniger'' is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of ''Criniger'' are found in western and central Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Criniger'' was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, ...
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Western bearded greenbul (''Criniger barbatus'')
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Eastern bearded greenbul (''Criniger chloronotus'')
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Red-tailed greenbul (''Criniger calurus'')
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White-bearded greenbul (''Criniger ndussumensis'')
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Yellow-bearded greenbul (''Criniger olivaceus'')
* Genus ''
Thescelocichla''
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Swamp palm bulbul (''Thescelocichla leucopleura'')
* Genus ''
Chlorocichla''
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Joyful greenbul (''Chlorocichla laetissima'')
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Prigogine's greenbul (''Chlorocichla prigoginei'')
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Yellow-bellied greenbul (''Chlorocichla flaviventris'')
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Falkenstein's greenbul
Falkenstein's greenbul (''Chlorocichla falkensteini'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
It is found from western Cameroon and Central African Republic to central Angola.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropi ...
(''Chlorocichla falkensteini'')
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Simple greenbul (''Chlorocichla simplex'')
* Genus ''Ixonotus'' - tentatively placed here
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Spotted greenbul (''Ixonotus guttatus'')
* Genus ''
Baeopogon''
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Honeyguide greenbul (''Baeopogon indicator'')
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Sjöstedt's greenbul (''Baeopogon clamans'')
* Genus ''
Calyptocichla
The golden greenbul (''Calyptocichla serinus'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds native to the Guineo-Congolian region, African tropical rainforest. It is the only member of the genus ''Calyptocichla''.
Taxonomy and systematic ...
-'' not a typical bulbul
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Golden greenbul (''Calyptocichla serinus)''
References
Pycnonotidae
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Bird common names
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