The honeyguide greenbul (''Baeopogon indicator'') is a species of

songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...

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 widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.

Taxonomy and systematics

The honeyguide greenbul was originally described in the genus ''

Criniger ''Criniger'' is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of ''Criniger'' are found in western and central Africa. Taxonomy The genus ''Criniger'' was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminc ...

'' and was later re-classified to the genus ''Baeopogon''. Alternate names for the honeyguide greenbul include the honeyguide bulbul and white-tailed greenbul. The latter name is also used as an alternate name by

Sjöstedt's greenbul Sjöstedt's greenbul (''Baeopogon clamans'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa. Taxonomy and systematics Sjöstedt's greenbul was originally described in the genus ''Xenocichl ...

and the swamp palm bulbul.

Subspecies

Two

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of the honeyguide greenbul are recognized: * Upper Guinea honeyguide greenbul (''B. i. leucurus'') - ( Cassin, 1855): Originally described as a separate species in the genus

Trichophorus ''Criniger'' is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. The species of ''Criniger'' are found in western and central Africa. Taxonomy The genus ''Criniger'' was introduced in 1820 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, ...

(a synonym for ''Criniger''). Found from Sierra Leone to Togo * Uganda honeyguide greenbul (''B. i. indicator'') - ( Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855): Found from Nigeria to southern Sudan and western Kenya, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia and northern Angola

References

honeyguide greenbul The honeyguide greenbul (''Baeopogon indicator'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. Taxonomy and systematics The honeyguide greenbul was originally describ ...

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