Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Joyful Greenbul (Chlorocichla laetissima) - HBW 10, p. 205
French: Bulbul joyeux
German: Dotterbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Alegre
Taxonomy: Andropadus laetissimus Sharpe, 1899, Nandi, Kenya.
May form a species pair with C. prigoginei. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- laetissima (Sharpe, 1899) - extreme S Sudan (Imatong Mts), NE DRCongo (Lendu Plateau S to highlands W of L Edward), W Uganda and SW Kenya.
- schoutedeni Prigogine, 1954 - E DRCongo (Mt Kabobo, Marungu Highlands) and extreme N Zambia (Kasangu).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, preening and stretching the wings and shaking the plumage Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp laetissima)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2006 5 years ago 42 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree, preening Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp laetissima)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree, opening the beak and looking around Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp laetissima)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a branch, seen from below Locality Rondo Retreat, Kemeri, Kenya (ssp laetissima)
Marc de Bont 3 January 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 3.3
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A single bird sitting in a bush.
Locality Rondo Retreat, Kemeri, Kenya (ssp laetissima )
Antero Topp 10 October 2010 26 weeks ago 3.7
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