Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Little Greenbul (Andropadus virens) - HBW 10, p. 203
French: Bulbul verdâtre
German: Grünbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Verde
Other common names: Little Green Bulbul; Hall’s Greenbul (“A. hallae”)
Taxonomy: Andropadus virens Cassin, 1857, Cape Lopez and River Muni, West Africa.
Genus formerly submerged in Pycnonotus. Affinities unclear; may be closest to A. latirostris, to which it bears some resemblance in several aspects of behaviour. Described taxon A. hallae, known only from the single type specimen (from E DRCongo), now considered a melanistic form of present species. Race amadoni originally named as poensis, but that name preoccupied by “Stelgidillas poensis”, a synonym of A. gracilirostris. Proposed race holochlorus (from R Sezibwa, in Uganda) is on average yellower below and slightly larger than nom.. View all taxonomy...
Genus formerly submerged in Pycnonotus. Affinities unclear; may be closest to A. latirostris, to which it bears some resemblance in several aspects of behaviour. Described taxon A. hallae, known only from the single type specimen (from E DRCongo), now considered a melanistic form of present species. Race amadoni originally named as poensis, but that name preoccupied by “Stelgidillas poensis”, a synonym of A. gracilirostris. Proposed race holochlorus (from R Sezibwa, in Uganda) is on average yellower below and slightly larger than nominate, but much individual variation and intergradation, and considered better merged with latter; similarly, marwitzi (Mt Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania) is poorly differentiated, merged with zombensis. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erythropterus Hartlaub, 1858 - Gambia E to E Nigeria.
- amadoni Dickerman, 1997 - Bioko I.
- virens Cassin, 1857 - W Cameroon E to extreme S Sudan and W Kenya, S to N Angola and S DRCongo.
- erythropterus Hartlaub, 1858 - Gambia E to E Nigeria.
- amadoni Dickerman, 1997 - Bioko I.
- virens Cassin, 1857 - W Cameroon E to extreme S Sudan and W Kenya, S to N Angola and S DRCongo.
- zombensis Shelley, 1894 - SE DRCongo, N Zambia, N & SE Malawi, SE Kenya, Tanzania (Eastern Arc mountains, also Mafia I) and CN Mozambique.
- zanzibaricus (Pakenham, 1935) - Zanzibar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird perching Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp erythropterus)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 1 min 20 sec 4.1 -
bird perching Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp erythropterus)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched and flying away Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp erythropterus)
Dave Jackson 20 November 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a tree and flying away Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp virens)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 5 years ago 15 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree, foraging Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp virens)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 6 sec 2.3
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Bird in understorey
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 22 March 2013 5 weeks ago 2.8 -
1 bird
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp erythropterus)
Daniêl Jimenez 6 January 2005 4 years ago 2.5
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A bird singing on a branch. Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia
(ssp erythropterus)
herve jacob 17 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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