Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Yellow-throated Greenbul (Chlorocichla flavicollis) - HBW 10, p. 207
French: Bulbul à gorge claire
German: Gelbkehlbülbül
Spanish: Bulbul Gorgiamarillo
Other common names: Yellow-throated Leaflove
Taxonomy: Haematornis flavicollis Swainson, 1837, West Africa.
Despite generic placement, appears on basis of voice and behaviour to be closest to Thescelocichla leucopleura and Pyrrhurus scandens. Has been suggested that nominate race and soror may represent two different species, as the two occur to within 50 km of each other in Cameroon, but with no intergrades known; in addition, some vocal differences exist, and nominate in Mali recently shown not to respond to playback of song of soror; further study needed. Racial identity of population in NW Central African Republic uncertain, tentatively placed in nominate. Proposed r.. View all taxonomy...
Despite generic placement, appears on basis of voice and behaviour to be closest to Thescelocichla leucopleura and Pyrrhurus scandens. Has been suggested that nominate race and soror may represent two different species, as the two occur to within 50 km of each other in Cameroon, but with no intergrades known; in addition, some vocal differences exist, and nominate in Mali recently shown not to respond to playback of song of soror; further study needed. Racial identity of population in NW Central African Republic uncertain, tentatively placed in nominate. Proposed race simplicicolor (E Cameroon) considered not safely distinguishable from soror; pallidigula (described from Entebbe, in Uganda) on average rather darker overall than flavigula, but not satisfactorily separable from it. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavicollis (Swainson, 1837) - Senegambia and SW Mali E to Nigeria, N Cameroon (Adamaoua Plateau) and NW Central Africa Republic, S to Sierra Leone, N Ivory Coast, SE Ghana and S Benin.
- soror (Neumann, 1914) - NC Cameroon (Tibati) E to S Central African Republic and SW Sudan, S to PRCongo and C DRCongo (S to N Kasai and N Maniema); also WC Ethiopia.
- flavigula (Cabanis, 1880) - Angola, SE & E DRCongo (S from S Kasai, S Maniema and Kivu), Uganda, W Kenya and W Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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2 birds by the hotel Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp flavigula )
Daniêl Jimenez 21 September 2010 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.1 -
perching on a branch Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp flavicollis)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch and flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp flavigula)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 17 sec 3.9 -
A bird changing branches and then flying to get fruits Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp flavigula)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 3.3
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Bird on a branch
Locality Bushara Island, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Piotr Jonczyk 3 March 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
In tree
Locality Kigali Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 5 December 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
Yellow-throated Greenbul. A bird calling in the canopy of riparian forest at dawn.
Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp flavicollis)
Steve Garvie 14 November 2005 3 years ago 2.5
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