Yellow-bellied greenbul

Yellow-bellied greenbul
Popa Falls, Namibia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pycnonotidae
Genus:	Chlorocichla
Species:	C. flaviventris
Binomial name
Chlorocichla flaviventris (Smith, A, 1834)
Synonyms
Trichophorus flaviventris

The yellow-bellied greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in eastern, southern and west-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna.

Taxonomy and systematics

The yellow-bellied greenbul was originally described in the genus Trichophorus (a synonym for Criniger) and then re-classified within Chlorocichla . Alternate names for the yellow-bellied greenbul include the African yellow-bellied bulbul, yellow-bellied bulbul, yellow-breasted bulbul, yellow-breasted greenbul and yellow-necked greenbul. The latter name is also used as an alternate name by Falkenstein's greenbul. The name 'yellow-bellied bulbul' should not be confused with the species of the same name, Alophoixus phaeocephalus .

Subspecies

Three subspecies of the yellow-bellied greenbul are recognized: ^[2]

• Kenya yellow-bellied greenbul (C. f. centralis) - Reichenow, 1887: Originally described as a separate species - also named the Muanza yellow-throated greenbul, found from southern Somalia to northern Mozambique
• Zambezi yellow-bellied greenbul (C. f. occidentalis) - Sharpe, 1882: Originally described as a separate species, found from north-western Angola to western Tanzania and south to north-western Namibia, northern Botswana, northern South Africa and central Mozambique
• C. f. flaviventris - (Smith, A, 1834): Found in eastern South Africa and southern Mozambique

Subspecies C. f. occidentalis, illustration by Keulemans, 1881

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Chlorocichla flaviventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22712865A131967581. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712865A131967581.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.

External links

• (Yellow-bellied greenbul = ) Yellow-belled bulbul - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.