The yellow-streaked greenbul or yellow-streaked bulbul (''Phyllastrephus flavostriatus'') is a species of

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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 in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural

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s are

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and 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 ...

Taxonomy and systematics

The yellow-streaked greenbul was originally described in the genus '' Andropadus''. Additionally, some authorities have considered

Sharpe's greenbul Sharpe's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus alfredi'') or the Malawi greenbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Africa in south-western Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi. Taxonomy and systemat ...

to also be a subspecies of the yellow-streaked greenbul. Alternate names for the yellow-streaked greenbul include the yellow-streaked bulbul and yellow-bellied greenbul.

Subspecies

Seven

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are recognized: * ''P. f. graueri'' –

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, 1908: Originally described as a separate species. Found in the highlands near Lake Albert,

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and

Lake Kivu Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which ...

(eastern and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) * Kivu olive greenbul (''P. f. olivaceogriseus'') –

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, 1908: Originally described as a separate species. Found in the

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and Mt. Kabobo (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), western Uganda, western Rwanda and northern Burundi * ''P. f. kungwensis'' – Moreau, 1941: Found in western Tanzania * ''P. f. uzungwensis'' – Jensen & Stuart, 1982: Found in the

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(eastern Tanzania) * ''P. f. tenuirostris'' – (

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, GA & Reichenow, 1884): Originally described in the genus ''

Xenocichla The bristlebills are a genus ''Bleda'' of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae. They are found in the forest understorey of western and central Africa. They forage for insects at or near ground-level, often near water. They will foll ...

'' (a synonym for ''Bleda''). Found in south-eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania and north-eastern Mozambique * ''P. f. vincenti'' – Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1940: Found in south-eastern Malawi and western Mozambique * South African yellow-streaked greenbul (''P. f. flavostriatus'') – ( Sharpe, 1876): Originally described in the genus ''Andropadus''. Found in eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa

References

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* (Yellow-streaked greenbul = ) Yellow-streaked bulbul �
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

yellow-streaked greenbul The yellow-streaked greenbul or yellow-streaked bulbul (''Phyllastrephus flavostriatus'') is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or trop ...

Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Birds of East Africa

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pycnonotidae-stub