Biology:Arizelocichla
Arizelocichla is a genus of greenbuls, songbirds in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). The genus was revived in 2010 when twelve species of bulbuls from the genus Andropadus were separated and re-classified in the genus Arizelocichla.
Taxonomy
A molecular phylogenetic study of the bulbuls published in 2007 found that the genus Andropadus was polyphyletic.[1] As part of a reorganization to create monophyletic genera, 12 species from Andropadus were moved to the resurrected genus Arizelocichla that had been introduced in 1905 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the black-headed mountain greenbul as the type species.[2][3] The name Arizelocichla combines the Ancient Greek arizēlos meaning "conspicuous" or "admirable" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".[4]
Species
The genus contains the following 10 species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Cameroon mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla montana | Western High Plateau |
| 125px | Western greenbul | Arizelocichla tephrolaema | Western High Plateau and Bioko |
| - | Shelley's greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | Albertine Rift montane forests, Eastern Arc Mountains and western Kenya |
| - | Uluguru mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | Uluguru Mountains |
| - | Black-browed mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla fusciceps | mountains of southwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi and western Mozambique |
| 125px | Yellow-throated greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula | Eastern Arc Mountains |
| - | Kikuyu mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla kikuyuensis | Lake Victoria region |
| 125px | Black-headed mountain greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | Albertine Rift montane forests, Eastern Arc Mountains and mountains of Kenya and Tanzania |
| - | Olive-headed greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies | Eastern Afromontane from northern Tanzania to southern Malawi |
| 125px | Stripe-cheeked greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique |
References
- ↑ Johansson, U.S.; Fjeldså, J.; Lokugalappatti, L.G.S.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2007). "A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae)". Zoologica Scripta 36 (5): 417–427. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00290.x.
- ↑ Oberholser, Harry C. (1907). "The Avian genus Blena Bonaparte and some of its allies". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 48: 149–172 [163]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29986221. Original published as Publication No. 1588 on 1 July 1905.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2024). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/.
- Moyle, R. G., and B. D. Marks. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 687–695.
Wikidata ☰ Q777236 entry
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