Red-tailed greenbul | |
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In Kakum NP, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Criniger |
Species: | C. calurus |
Binomial name | |
Criniger calurus (Cassin, 1856) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
Alternate names for the red-tailed greenbul include the red-tailed bearded bulbul, red-tailed bulbul and thick-billed red-tailed greenbul.
Three subspecies are recognized. [2] Additionally, the white-bearded greenbul was also originally described as a subspecies of the red-tailed greenbul: [3] [4]
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