Arizelocichla is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul 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 Arizelocichla.
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| Olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Arizelocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Xenocichla nigriceps (black-headed mountain greenbul) Shelley, 1889
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Taxonomy
editA molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbuls published in 2007 found that the genus Andropadus was polyphyletic.[1] As part of a reorganization to create monophyletic genera, 12 species from Andropadus were moved to the resurrected genus Arizelocichla that had been introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the black-headed mountain greenbul as the type species.[2][3] The name Arizelocichla combines the Ancient Greek arizēlos meaning "conspicuous" or "admirable" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".[4]
Species
editThe genus contains the following 11 species:[3]
- Cameroon mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla montana)
- Western mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema)
- Kakamega greenbul (Arizelocichla kakamegae)
- Shelley's greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
- Uluguru mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla neumanni)
- Black-browed mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla fusciceps)
- Yellow-throated mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula)
- Kikuyu mountain greenbul or olive-breasted greenbul (Arizelocichla kikuyuensis)
- Black-headed mountain greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
- Olive-headed greenbul (Arizelocichla striifacies) includes (Arizelocichla olivaceiceps)
- Stripe-cheeked greenbul (Arizelocichla milanjensis)
References
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- ^ Johansson, U.S.; Fjeldså, J.; Lokugalappatti, L.G.S.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2007). "A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 36 (5): 417–427. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00290.x.
- ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1907) [1905]. "The Avian genus Blena Bonaparte and some of its allies". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 48: 149-172 [163]. Original published as Publication No. 1588 on 1 July 1905.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Moyle, R. G., and B. D. Marks. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 687–695.
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