Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis)

Other Names (World)
Lowland Tiny Greenbul, Tiny Greenbul, Slender Bulbul, Smaller Yellow-throated Greenbul, Miniature Greenbul, Usambara Greenbul (albigula), Green-headed Greenbul (albigula)

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1899)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zimbabwe.

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 (8)...)

Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) [XC510310]
by Peter Boesman from East Usambara lowland forest, Tanga, Tanzania (call)

Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) [XC756117]
by id from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
No close relatives. Conspicuously smaller than any of its congeners. Subspecies albigula considered by some to be possibly an incipient species, but intergrades with other subspecies reported.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rabai Hartert & van Someren, 1921 - Central and southern coastal Kenya and north-eastern coastal Tanzania (south to R Rufiji).
albigula (Grote, 1919) - Usambara Mts, Nguru Mts and Nguu Mts, in eastern Tanzania.
debilis (Sclater, 1899) - South-eastern Tanzania, southern Mozambique and extreme eastern Zimbabwe (Haroni-Rusitu).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) - 9 files

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