Cabanis's greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi), also known as Cabanis's bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
| Cabanis's greenbul | |
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| In Taita Hills, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Phyllastrephus |
| Species: | P. cabanisi
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| Phyllastrephus cabanisi (Sharpe, 1882)
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Taxonomy and systematics
editCabanis's greenbul was originally described in the genus Criniger. The common name and Latin binomial commemorates the German ornithologist Jean Louis Cabanis.[2] Formerly, some authorities considered the placid greenbul to be a subspecies of Cabanis's greenbul, or Cabanis's greenbul to be a subspecies of Fischer's greenbul.
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized:[3]
- P. c. cabanisi - (Sharpe, 1881): Found from central Angola to south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania and northern Zambia
- Olive greenbul (P. c. sucosus) - Reichenow, 1903: Found from southern Sudan and western Kenya to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Phyllastrephus cabanisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22712890A132103411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712890A132103411.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 73–74.
- ^ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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