Biology:Red-tailed greenbul
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Short description: Species of songbird
| Red-tailed greenbul | |
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| In Kakum NP, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Criniger |
| Species: | C. calurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Criniger calurus (Cassin, 1856)
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The red-tailed greenbul (Criniger calurus), also known as the red-tailed bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae, native to the African tropical rainforest.
Taxonomy and systematics
Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized.[2] Additionally, the white-bearded greenbul was also originally described as a subspecies of the red-tailed greenbul:[3][4]
- Gold Coast red-tailed bulbul (C. c. verreauxi) - Sharpe, 1871: Originally described as a separate species and alternatively named as the Sierra Leone red-tailed bulbul. Found from Senegal to south-western Nigeria
- C. c. calurus - (Cassin, 1856): Found from southern Nigeria to western Democratic Republic of Congo
- C. c. emini - Chapin, 1948: Found from north-eastern Angola and western Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda and western Tanzania
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Criniger calurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22713120A131968293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22713120A131968293.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713120/131968293. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/.
- ↑ "Criniger ndussumensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=6A110710A29A9244.
- ↑ "White-bearded Greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)" (in en). http://www.hbw.com/species/white-bearded-greenbul-criniger-ndussumensis.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2224861 entry
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