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 {{Pycnonotidae-stub