Biology:Terrestrial brownbul

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Short description: Species of songbird

Terrestrial brownbul
Brownbul Terrestrial 2010 10 02 Alan Manson Ngwenya.jpg
Ngwenya, Eswatini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Phyllastrephus
Species:
P. terrestris
Binomial name
Phyllastrephus terrestris
Swainson, 1837
Phyllastrephus terrestris distribution map.png
Synonyms
  • Phyllastrephus capensis

The terrestrial brownbul (Phyllastrephus terrestris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the terrestrial brownbul include the bristle-necked brownbul, brownbul, scrub bulbul and terrestrial bulbul.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • Nyasa terrestrial brownbul (P. t. suahelicus) - Reichenow, 1904: Found from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique
  • P. t. intermedius - Gunning & Roberts, 1911: Found in southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique & adjacent eastern South Africa
  • P. t. rhodesiae - Roberts, 1917: Found from south-western Angola, Zambia, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and south-western Tanzania to northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe and north-eastern Mozambique
  • P. t. terrestris - Swainson, 1837: Found in eastern and southern South Africa

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q909198 entry