Terrestrial Brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris) [XC424826]
by Tim Cockcroft from Port Alfred (near Bathurst), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Terrestrial Brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris) [XC721746]
by Lars Lachmann from Chiredzi, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe (uncertain)
Subspecies
Subspecies suahelicus intergrades clinally with intermedius in Malawi and northern Mozambique. Poorly marked subspecies bensoni (described from lower Meru Forest, in Kenya) is treated as a synonym of suahelicus; similarly, katangae (extreme south-eastern DRCongo) synonymized with intermedius.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
suahelicus Reichenow, 1904 - Southern Somalia and central and eastern Kenya (Meru and Chuka forests, Mt Kenya, coast) south to northern Mozambique.
intermedius Gunning & Roberts, 1911 - South-eastern DRCongo, Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique south to northern Botswana, Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa (south to eastern KwaZulu-Natal); isolated population in south-western Angola.
terrestris Swainson, 1837 - Swaziland and eastern and southern South Africa (western KwaZulu-Natal southern along coastal fringe to western Cape).
rhodesiae Roberts, 1917 - South-western Angola, Zambia, south-eastern DR Congo , south-western Tanzania to northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe and north-eastern Mozambique.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet