Biology:Red-tailed greenbul

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Short description: Species of songbird

Red-tailed greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul from Canopy Walkway - Kakum NP - Ghana 14 S4E1441 (16177963596).jpg
In Kakum NP, Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Criniger
Species:
C. calurus
Binomial name
Criniger calurus
(Cassin, 1856)
Criniger calurus distribution map.png
Synonyms
  • Criniger swainsoni
  • Criniger verreauxi
  • Trichophorus calurus

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

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/. 
  3. ↑ "Criniger ndussumensis - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=6A110710A29A9244. 
  4. ↑ "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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