White-throated greenbul
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Phyllastrephus |
| Species: | P. albigularis
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| Phyllastrephus albigularis (Sharpe, 1882)
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The white-throated greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis) or white-throated bulbul, is a species of passerine bird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Angola greenbul.
Taxonomy
[edit]The white-throated greenbul was formally described and illustrated in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe based on a specimen collected in the Fantee region of central Ghana. He coined the binomial name Xenocichla albigularis.[2][3] It is now one of 21 species placed in the genus Phyllastrephus that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William John Swainson.[4] The genus name combines Ancient Greek φυλλον/phullon meaning "leaf" with στρεφω/strephō meaning "to toss" or "to turn".[5] The specific epithet albigularis combines Latin albus meaning "white" with Modern Latin gularis meaning "throated".[6] The Angola greenbul was formally considered to be a subspecies. The white-throated greenbul is now monophyletic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllastrephus albigularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103819468A94355784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103819468A94355784.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1881). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae: Part III. Containing the first portion of the family Timeliidae (Babbling-Thrushes). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 6. London: Trustees of the British Museum (published 1882). p. 103, Plate 7. Although the title page bears the date of 1881 this volume was not published until 1882.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 268–269.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Phyllastrephus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "albigularis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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