The Uluguru greenbul (''Arizelocichla neumanni'') 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
passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...
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 eastern Tanzania.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Uluguru greenbul was originally described in the 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'' ...
'' in 1922.
It was then classified to the genus ''
Andropadus'' before being re-classified back to the genus ''Arizelocichla'' in 2010. It was considered conspecific with the
mountain greenbul
The mountain greenbul (''Arizelocichla nigriceps''), or eastern mountain greenbul, is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in eastern Africa.
Taxonomy and systematics
The mountain greenbul was originally described in th ...
until split to form a separate species in 2009. Some authorities have considered the Uluguru greenbul to be a subspecies of the
western greenbul
The western greenbul (''Arizelocichla tephrolaema'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in the Cameroonian Highlands forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The western greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Tr ...
, mountain greenbul or
black-browed greenbul
The black-browed greenbul (''Arizelocichla fusciceps'') is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in south-eastern Africa from south-western Tanzania to north-eastern Zambia, Malawi and west-central Mozambique.
Taxonomy ...
.
Alternate names for the Uluguru greenbul include the Mulanji mountain greenbul and Uluguru mountain greenbul.
References
Uluguru greenbul
Endemic birds of Tanzania
Uluguru greenbul
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