Grey-throated Greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema)

Other Names (World)
Western Mountain Greenbul, Grey-throated Greenbul, Gray-throated Greenbul, Western Greenbul, Western Mountain-Greenbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 400 - 2,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Western Greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema) [XC99762]
by Mike Nelson from Mount Cameroon, Cameroon (call)

Western Greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema) [XC99766]
by id from Mount Oku, Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon (call, song)

Subspecies
Recent phylogenetic studies indicate that this species forms a superspecies with Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis). The two exhibit some similarities in vocalizations and behaviour (including scansorial foraging technique). Previously thought to form a superspecies with Eastern Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps), and often treated as conspecific, but differs in several aspects, including plumage and, especially, voice. Subspecies vary clinally. Birds nearer Mt Cameroon (e.g. on Mt Kup�) intermediate between nominate and bamendae.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

tephrolaema (Gray, 1862) - Extreme south-eastern Nigeria (Mambilla Plateau, Gotel Mts, Obudu Plateau) and western Cameroon (Tchabal Mbabo and Bamenda Highlands south to Rumpi Hills, Bakossi Mts and Mt Kup�).
bamendae (Bannerman, 1923) - South-western Cameroon (Mt Cameroon) and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-throated Greenbul (Arizelocichla tephrolaema) - 10 files

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