Swamp palm bulbul

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Swamp palm bulbul
In Kakum NP, Ghana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder:
Passerides
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Thescelocichla
Oberholser
, 1905
Species:
T. leucopleura
Binomial name
Thescelocichla leucopleura
(Cassin, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Phyllastrephus leucopleurus

The swamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), is a species of

monotypic within the genus Thescelocichla.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

The swamp palm bulbul was originally described in the genus Phyllastrephus. Alternative names for the swamp palm bulbul include the swamp bulbul, swamp greenbul, swamp palm greenbul, white-tailed greenbul and white-tailed palm greenbul. The alternate name 'white-tailed greenbul' is also used by the honeyguide greenbul and Sjöstedt's greenbul.[3][4][5]

Distribution and habitat

The swamp palm bulbul is found from Senegal and Gambia to north-eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.[1]

Diet

It is an insectivore.[6]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712877A132102807.en
    . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Thescelocichla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  4. ^ "Baeopogon indicator - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  5. ^ "Baeopogon clamans - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  6. ISSN 2666-7193
    .
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