The stripe-cheeked greenbul (''Arizelocichla milanjensis'') is a species of 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 of

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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s. It is found in south-eastern Africa. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

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Taxonomy and systematics

The stripe-cheeked greenbul was originally described in the genus '' Xenocichla'' (a synonym for ''Bleda''), then classified in '' Andropadus'' and, in 2010 re-classified to the new genus ''

Arizelocichla ''Arizelocichla'' is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). The genus was revived in 2010 when twelve species of bulbuls from the genus '' Andropadus'' were separated and re-classified in the genus ''Arizelocichla'' ...

''. Alternatively, some authorities classify the stripe-cheeked greenbul in the genus '' Pycnonotus''. Some authorities consider the

olive-headed greenbul The olive-headed greenbul (''Arizelocichla olivaceiceps'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Africa. Taxonomy and systematics The olive-headed greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Crin ...

and

stripe-faced greenbul The stripe-faced greenbul (''Arizelocichla striifacies'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in Africa from south-eastern Kenya to south-western Tanzania. Taxonomy and systematics The stripe-faced greenbul was orig ...

to be subspecies of the stripe-cheeked greenbul. Alternate names for the stripe-cheeked greenbul include the Mulanji stripe-cheeked greenbul and stripe-cheeked bulbul.

Distribution and habitat

The stripe-cheeked greenbul is found in the highlands of south-eastern Malawi ( Mount Mulanje), extreme eastern Zimbabwe and west-central Mozambique. Image:AT1006 map.png, General range of stripe-cheeked greenbul

References

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* (Stripe-cheeked greenbul = ) Stripe-cheeked bulbul
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

stripe-cheeked greenbul The stripe-cheeked greenbul (''Arizelocichla milanjensis'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Taxonomy and systematics ...

Birds of East Africa

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