Prigogine's greenbul (''Chlorocichla prigoginei'') is a species of songbird 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. It is found only in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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 ...

is subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

s. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

Taxonomy and systematics

Prigogine's bulbul is one of five species of bulbul in the genus ''

Chlorocichla ''Chlorocichla'' is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands. Taxonomy The genus ''Chloro ...

''. It was originally described as ''Chlorocichla prigoginei'' by Antoon de Roo in 1967. The generic name ''Chlorocichla'' comes from the Greek χλωρος (''khlōros''), meaning yellow, and κιχλη (''kikhlē''), meaning thrush. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''prigoginei'' is in honour of Alexandre Prigogine, a Russian- Belgian ornithologist. Alternate names for Prigogine's greenbul include the Butembo greenbul, Congo greenbul and Prigogine's bulbul. It is monotypic.

Conservation

The species is listed as

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by the

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References

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Prigogine's greenbul Endemic birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Prigogine's greenbul Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pycnonotidae-stub