Atimastillas is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are found in wooded areas of tropical Africa.
| Atimastillas | |
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| Pale-throated greenbul (Atimastillas flavigula) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Atimastillas Oberholser, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Heamatornis flavicollis (Yellow-gorgeted greenbul) Swainson, 1837
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Atimastillas was introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with Heamatornis flavicollis Swainson, the yellow-gorgeted greenbul, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ατιμαστος/atimastos meaning "disdained" with ιλλας/illas, ιλλαδοςillados meaning "thrush".[3]
Species
editThe genus contains two species:[4]
- Yellow-gorgeted greenbul, Atimastillas flavicollis
- Pale-throated greenbul, Atimastillas flavigula (split from A. flavicollis)
References
edit- ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1907) [1905]. "The Avian genus Blena Bonaparte and some of its allies". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 48: 149-172 [155-156]. Originally published as Publication No. 1588 on 1 July 1905.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 260.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Atimastillas". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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