Joyful greenbul
| Joyful greenbul | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocichla |
| Species: | C. laetissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorocichla laetissima (Sharpe, 1899) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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| Audio | |
| Joyful greenbul song, recorded in Kitale, Kenya | |
The joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima) or joyful bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central Africa. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The joyful greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and later re-classified within Chlorocichla.
Subspecies
Two subspecies of the joyful greenbul are recognized:[3]
- Chlorocichla laetissima laetissima - (Sharpe, 1899): Imatong Mountains, East African and northern Albertine rift montane forests
- Chlorocichla laetissima schoutedeni - Prigogine, 1954: southern Albertine rift montane forests
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorocichla laetissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22712869A94352468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712869A94352468.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (December 1, 2004). Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. A&C Black. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-0-7136-7347-0.
- ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.