Biology:Joyful greenbul
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Short description: Species of songbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Chlorocichla |
| Species: | C. laetissima
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| Chlorocichla laetissima (Sharpe, 1899)
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The joyful greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima) or joyful bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central Africa. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The joyful greenbul was originally described in the genus Andropadus and later re-classified within Chlorocichla.
Subspecies
Two subspecies of the joyful greenbul are recognized:[3]
- C. l. laetissima - (Sharpe, 1899): Found from southern Sudan to south-western Kenya and north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- C. l. schoutedeni - Prigogine, 1954: Found in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorocichla laetissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22712869A94352468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712869A94352468.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22712869/94352468. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (December 1, 2004). Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. A&C Black. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-0-7136-7347-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=jcN1OCKC-bQC&pg=PA322.
- ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2927908 entry
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