Tuesday, August 14, 2012

>Chlorocichla flaviventris (Yellow-bellied Greenbul)

Yellow-bellied Greenbul


Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Chlorocichla
Species:C. flaviventris
Binomial name
Chlorocichla flaviventris
(Smith, 1834)
The Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Africa south from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna.

Subspecies C. f. occidentalis, illustration by Keulemans, 1881

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