Swamp palm bulbul
| Swamp palm bulbul | |
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| In Kakum NP, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Thescelocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
| Species: | T. leucopleura |
| Binomial name | |
| Thescelocichla leucopleura (Cassin, 1855) | |
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The swamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Thescelocichla.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The swamp palm bulbul was originally described in the genus Phyllastrephus. Alternative names for the swamp palm bulbul include the swamp bulbul, swamp greenbul, swamp palm greenbul, white-tailed greenbul and white-tailed palm greenbul. The alternate name 'white-tailed greenbul' is also used by the honeyguide greenbul and Sjöstedt's greenbul.[3][4][5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The swamp palm bulbul is found from Senegal and Gambia to north-eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.[1]
Diet
[edit]It is an insectivore.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Thescelocichla leucopleura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22712877A132102807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22712877A132102807.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Thescelocichla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Thescelocichla leucopleura - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Baeopogon indicator - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Baeopogon clamans - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ Kumi, Samuel; Addo-Fordjour, Patrick; Fei-Baffoe, Bernard; Adjapong, Abena Owusu; Asamoah, Francis Boafo (February 2024). "Dynamic Influence of Mining-Induced Land Use Land Cover Changes on Avifauna Community over a mining landscape, Ghana". Trees, Forests and People. 15: 100515. doi:10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100515. ISSN 2666-7193.
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