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

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s are subtropical or tropical dry

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s, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist

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Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

Two

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are recognized: * ''P. c. schoutedeni'' -

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, 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 ...

Birds of East Africa Birds of Southern Africa

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