Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris) - HBW 10, p. 206
French: Bulbul à poitrine jaune
German: Gelbbauchbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Pechiamarillo
Other common names: Yellow-bellied Bulbul, Yellow-breasted Greenbul
Taxonomy: Trichophorus flaviventris A. Smith, 1834, near Durban, South Africa.
Has in the past been suggested as forming a superspecies with C. falkensteini, but subsequent studies have not supported such a relationship. Poorly differentiated race ortiva (described from S Mozambique) treated as a synonym of occidentalis. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- centralis Reichenow, 1887 - S Somalia and SC & W Kenya S to E Tanzania and NE Mozambique.
- occidentalis Sharpe, 1882 - NW Angola E to SE DRCongo and W Tanzania, S to extreme NW Namibia, N & E Botswana, N South Africa (S to Northern Province and Mpumulanga) and SC Mozambique.
- flaviventris (A. Smith, 1834) - coastal S Mozambique S to E South Africa (S to KwaZulu-Natal and extreme N Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, foraging Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp occidentalis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 1998 5 years ago 24 sec 3.3 -
An individual feeding in a flowering tree Locality Matusadona National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp occidentalis)
Greg Baker 7 September 1999 15 weeks ago 19 sec 2.8 -
An individual preening and perched before flying away Locality Mana Pools National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp occidentalis)
Greg Baker 12 September 1999 13 weeks ago 11 sec 2.8
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Yellow-bellied Greenbul feeding at a bird feeder at McBrides Camp
Locality Kafue National Park, Zambia
MfuweFarmer 1 August 2009 2 years ago 4 -
On the house
Locality Tanzania
Antoni Fraguas 1 November 2010 23 weeks ago 3 -
An adult perched on a tree.
Locality Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp occidentalis)
Carmelo López 2 November 2010 1 year ago 2.6 -
In the shade
Locality Tanzania
Antoni Fraguas 1 November 2010 23 weeks ago 2.5 -
Perched in tree
Locality Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Jason Anderson 16 November 2010 1 year ago 2.3
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Calls. Forest interior. 15:50. Locality False Bay Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp flaviventris)
Charles Hesse 5 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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