The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of
songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...
in the
bulbul
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical As ...
family,
Pycnonotidae
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asi ...
. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are subtropical or tropical dry
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
.
Taxonomy and systematics
Subspecies
Two
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognized:
* ''P. c. schoutedeni'' -
Prigogine Prigozhin or Prigogine () is a masculine East Slavic surname.
People
* Alexandre Prigogine (1913–1991), Russian-born Belgian ornithologist
* (1914–1999), Soviet/Ukrainian scientist and engineer
* Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), Russian-born ...
, 1969: Found from central Kenya to central Mozambique, Zambia and eastern Angola
* ''P. c. cerviniventris'' -
Shelley, 1894: Found in
Katanga (south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
grey-olive greenbul
The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical d ...
grey-olive greenbul
The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical d ...
Birds of East Africa
Birds of Southern Africa
grey-olive greenbul
The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical d ...
grey-olive greenbul
The grey-olive greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cerviniventris''), or grey-olive bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical d ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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