Biology:Chlorocichla
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Chlorocichla | |
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| Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocichla Sharpe, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Trichophorus flaviventris (Yellow-bellied greenbul) Smith, A, 1834
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Chlorocichla is a genus of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are mainly present throughout the African tropical rainforest, excepted the yellow-bellied greenbul, native to the miombo woodlands.
Taxonomy
The genus Chlorocichla was introduced in 1882 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[1] Sharpe did not specify a type species but this was designated as the yellow-bellied greenbul by Anton Reichenow in 1904–1905.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "pale green" or "yellow" with kikhlē meaning "thrush".[4]
Species
The genus contains five species:[5]
- Joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima)
- Prigogine's greenbul (Chlorocichla prigoginei)
- Falkenstein's greenbul (Chlorocichla falkensteini)
- Yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
- Simple greenbul (Chlorocichla simplex)
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Chlorocichla:
- Honeyguide greenbul (as Chlorocichla indicator, now Baeopogon indicator)[6]
- Yellow-throated leaflove (as Chlorocichla flavicollis, now Atimastillas flavicollis)[7]
References
- ↑ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1881). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 3, 112. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8305902. Although the title page bears the date of 1881 this volume was not published until 1882.
- ↑ Reichenow, Anton (1904–1905) (in German). Die Vögel Afrikas. 3. Neudamm [Dębno]: J. Neumann. p. 388. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14090193.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 260. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480935.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/.
- ↑ "Baeopogon indicator indicator (chlorosaturatus) - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=8D9FE8C5&sec=summary&ssver=1.
- ↑ "Atimastillas flavicollis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=C73137EA&sec=summary&ssver=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q860912 entry
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