Olive-breasted greenbul

The olive-breasted greenbul (Arizelocichla kikuyuensis) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, south-western and south-eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and central Kenya.[1]

Olive-breasted greenbul
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Arizelocichla
Species:
A. kikuyuensis
Binomial name
Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
(Sharpe, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Andropadus kikuyensis
  • Andropadus kikuyuensis
  • Andropadus nigriceps kikuyensis
  • Andropadus nigriceps kikuyuensis
  • Andropadus nigriceps schubotzi
  • Andropadus nigriceps usambarae
  • Andropadus tephrolaemus kikuyensis
  • Andropadus tephrolaemus kikuyuensis
  • Arizelocichla nigriceps kikuyuensis
  • Pycnonotus nigriceps kikuyuensis
  • Pycnonotus tephrolaemus kikuyensis
  • Pycnonotus tephrolaemus kikuyuensis
  • Xenocichla kikuyuensis

Taxonomy and systematics

The olive-breasted greenbul was originally described in the genus Xenocichla (a synonym for Bleda), then classified in Andropadus and, in 2010 re-classified to the new genus Arizelocichla.[2] Also, some authorities consider the olive-breasted greenbul to be a subspecies of western greenbul or the mountain greenbul.[3] Alternate names for the olive-breasted greenbul include the Kikuyu grey-throated greenbul and western mountain greenbul. The alternate name 'western mountain greenbul' is also used by the western greenbul.

References
  1. "Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  2. "Taxonomy Version 2 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  3. "Arizelocichla kikuyuensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-03.


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