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 LC    Grey-olive Greenbul* Id (Atlas):
    Phyllastrephus cerviniventris

Description (8)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-olive Greenbul, Gray-olive Greenbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Shelley, 1894

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Scattered localities across central and southern Kenya, northern and eastern Tanzania, extreme south-eastern DRCongo, northern and central Zambia, extreme eastern Angola, much of Malawi and parts of northern Mozambique.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

 
Grey-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris) [XC375390]
     by isaac kilusu from kwakilusu,oloitoktok, Kenya (song)

 
Grey-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris) [XC646987]
     by Stephen Lowe from Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pale-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus fulviventris). Birds from south-eastern DRCongo described as subspecies schoutedeni on basis of darker and greyer underparts and less rufous tail feathers, but considered not satisfactorily distinguishable.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • schoutedeni Prigogine, 1969   -  Central Kenya to central Mozambique, Zambia and eastern Angola.
  • cerviniventris Shelley, 1894   -  Southern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Mozambique.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Grey-olive Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cerviniventris) - 8 files


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