Biology:Joyful greenbul

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Short description: Species of songbird

Joyful greenbul
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Chlorocichla
Species:
C. laetissima
Binomial name
Chlorocichla laetissima
(Sharpe, 1899)
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Synonyms
  • Andropadus laetissimus

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2927908 entry