Joyful greenbul

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]

Joyful greenbul

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Chlorocichla
Species:
C. laetissima
Binomial name
Chlorocichla laetissima
(Sharpe, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Andropadus laetissimus

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
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References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorocichla laetissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712869A94352468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712869A94352468.en.
  2. 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.
  3. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.


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