Red-tailed greenbul

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.

Red-tailed greenbul

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Criniger
Species:
C. calurus
Binomial name
Criniger calurus
(Cassin, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Criniger swainsoni
  • Criniger verreauxi
  • Trichophorus calurus

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
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References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Criniger calurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713120A94359762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713120A94359762.en.
  2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  3. "Criniger ndussumensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. "White-bearded Greenbul (Criniger ndussumensis)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.


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