Golden Greenbul
| Golden Greenbul | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Calyptocichla Oberholser, 1905 |
| Species: | C. serina |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptocichla serina (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855) | |
The Golden Greenbul (Calyptocichla serina) is the only member of the Calyptocichla genus of greenbuls. It is not closely related to any of the other greenbul species, forming a separate clade from the two main clades which make up the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Physical description
The Golden Greenbul is brightly coloured for a greenbul due to its bright yellow belly and white throat; otherwise it is not particularly distinct in plumage, with unmarked olive upperparts, tail and wings. It has a long slender pinkish-brown bill, a feature not shared by other greenbuls.
Range and habitat
The species is confined to forests in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is common.
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