The plain greenbul (''Eurillas curvirostris'') is a species of the
bulbul family of
passerine
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bird
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s.
It is found in western and central Africa.
Its natural
habitat
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s are
subtropical or tropical dry forest,
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest
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.
Taxonomy and systematics
The plain greenbul was originally described in the genus ''
Andropadus'' and was re-classified to the genus ''Eurillas'' in 2010. Alternatively, some authorities classify the plain greenbul in the genus ''
Pycnonotus
''Pycnonotus'' is a genus of frugivorous passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus ''Pycnonotus'' was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the Cape bulbul as the type speci ...
''.
Subspecies
Two
subspecies are recognized:
* ''E. c. curvirostris'' -
( Cassin, 1859): Found from central Ghana to western Kenya, southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola
* ''E. c. leonina'' -
(Bates
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, 1930): Found from Sierra Leone to central Ghana
References
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Birds of the Gulf of Guinea
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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