Cabanis's greenbul (''Phyllastrephus cabanisi''), also known as Cabanis's bulbul, is a species of

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family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central and south-central Africa. Its natural

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, subtropical or tropical moist

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Taxonomy and systematics

Cabanis's greenbul was originally described in the genus '' Criniger''. The common name and Latin binomial commemorates the German ornithologist

Jean Louis Cabanis Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1 ...

. Formerly, some authorities considered the placid greenbul to be a subspecies of Cabanis's greenbul, or Cabanis's greenbul to be a subspecies of Fischer's greenbul.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized: * ''P. c. cabanisi'' - ( Sharpe, 1881): Found from central Angola to south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania and northern Zambia * Olive greenbul (''P. c. sucosus'') - Reichenow, 1903: Found from southern Sudan and western Kenya to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania

References

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