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.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) [XC256487]
by Alan Collett from Cheringoma, Sofala, Mozambique (call)

Lowland Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) [XC510312]
by Lynette Rudman from East Usambara lowland forest, Tanga, Tanzania (song)

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
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Files:

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

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