Sharpe's greenbul | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pycnonotidae |
Genus: | Phyllastrephus |
Species: | P. alfredi |
Binomial name | |
Phyllastrephus alfredi (Shelley, 1903) | |
Synonyms | |
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Sharpe's greenbul (Phyllastrephus alfredi) or the Malawi greenbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Africa in south-western Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi. [1]
Sharpe's greenbul was originally described in the genus Bleda . Alternatively, some authorities classify it as a subspecies of the yellow-streaked greenbul. [2] Formerly, some authorities have considered Fischer's greenbul as a subspecies of Sharpe's greenbul. [3]
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