Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura) - HBW 10, p. 208
French: Bulbul des raphias
German: Raphiabülbül
Spanish: Bulbul de las Rafias
Other common names: White-tailed/Swamp Greenbul
Taxonomy: Phyllostrophus [sic] leucopleurus Cassin, 1855, Moonda River, Gabon.
A distinctive species; on basis of bill shape, voice and behaviour, appears closest to Pyrrhurus scandens and Chlorocichla flavicollis. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and E Guinea E, including isolated population in C Nigeria (Jos Plateau), to extreme W Uganda, S to PRCongo, N Angola (Cabinda) and E DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on ficus fruit
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 18 February 2011 37 weeks ago 3.5 -
View of peched bird, slightly from below
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 18 February 2011 37 weeks ago 3.3
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Call and song. Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana
(Monotypic species)
herve jacob 8 April 2012 5 weeks ago 4
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